Lindsey Patrick-Wright
Democratic · TN
Lindsey Patrick-Wright is a Democratic candidate for Tennessee Senate District 17. Her campaign describes her as a Wilson County parent, librarian, and longtime public servant with 20 years of public-library work supporting literacy, education, families, and access to community resources. Her issue biography also describes sustainability leadership in Nashville public libraries, work on LEED-certified facilities, anti-racist library training, and advocacy with labor, reproductive-rights, equality, and gun-safety organizations.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Reduce Wealth Gap
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 3 records
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
As Nashville Public Library's Southeast Branch manager, Patrick-Wright co-created and presented the webinar Tackling Racism in Classic Children's Literature to more than 2,000 virtual attendees; library officials described it as becoming a national model.
July 21, 2020For
Source: nashville.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Patrick-Wright documented Nashville Public Library's redesign of its summer-reading program into a more flexible model intended to reverse declining participation.
June 26, 2014For
Source: slj.com · researched July 18, 2026
Gun Control
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Civil Rights
· 3 records
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
As Nashville Public Library's Southeast Branch manager, Patrick-Wright co-created and presented the webinar Tackling Racism in Classic Children's Literature to more than 2,000 virtual attendees; library officials described it as becoming a national model.
July 21, 2020For
Source: nashville.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Patrick-Wright helped form a Nashville Public Library task force to create tools highlighting collection diversity after staff and patrons raised concerns about racist stereotypes in children's literature.
July 17, 2018For
Source: nashville.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 1 record
Patrick-Wright's current platform supports fully funded public schools without vouchers or book bans; community-controlled transparent development and farmland protection; unions and fair wages; universal healthcare access and lower drug costs; corporate tax accountability; affordable childcare; rapid decarbonization; abortion rights; LGBTQ+ equality; universal gun background checks and safe-storage rules; and replacing ICE's current structure with a humane accountable system.
July 17, 2026For
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
General
· 2 records
Patrick-Wright has spent about 20 years in public-library service helping families access literacy, education, opportunity, and community support.
July 17, 2026
Source: lindseyfortn.com · researched July 18, 2026
Patrick-Wright helped lead Nashville's art-lending-library program, which let library patrons borrow works by local artists and expanded free community access to art.
July 7, 2021
Source: blogs.wnpt.org · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- Tennessee Senate District 17 · August 6, 2026 · State Senate District 17; Tennessee
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.