Marquita Bradshaw
Democratic · TN
Marquita Bradshaw is a South Memphis environmental justice organizer who leads the nonprofit Sowing Justice and was Tennessee's 2020 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. She focuses on affordable health care and housing, public schools, and voting rights.
Where Marquita Bradshaw stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (4 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
On September 10, 2025, a U.S. House hearing document identified Marquita Bradshaw as executive director of Sowing Justice and published her comments that xAI's gas turbines threatened Memphis communities and should comply with clean-air standards.
September 10, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: docs.house.gov
Spoke at a protest in Tupelo, Mississippi, as head of Sowing Justice, against TVA's plans to build more natural gas power plants. The protest came the day before a TVA board meeting.
November 8, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: timesfreepress.com
Spoke on a public panel, as head of Sowing Justice, against TVA's plan to truck coal ash from its Memphis Allen plant to a city landfill. She called for the EPA to list coal ash as a toxic substance.
May 11, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cleanenergy.org
Bradshaw opposed the Byhalia Pipeline and was subsequently named by a 466-group environmental coalition as one of three environmental-justice leaders recommended for a federal energy-regulation seat.
August 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: foe.org
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Published an essay as the Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter's environmental justice chair after George Floyd's killing. She called for new policies to end racism in policing, courts, health care, and pollution rules, and urged people to keep protesting.
June 19, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: web.archive.org
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Received the endorsement of the National Women's Political Caucus, a group that backs women who support abortion rights, in her 2026 U.S. Senate race.
August 25, 2026
Source: nwpc.org
Her 2020 Senate campaign and the Tennessee Democratic Party sued state election officials for lists of voters who had not yet returned mail ballots. A Davidson County court denied their emergency request on November 2, 2020.
November 2, 2020
Source: courthousenews.com
Received the endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in her 2020 U.S. Senate race. She was also backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Socialists of America.
October 28, 2020
Source: ksat.com
Received endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders and from Pete Buttigieg's group Win the Era in her 2020 U.S. Senate race.
September 21, 2020
Source: williamsonscene.com
Received the Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter's endorsement in her 2020 U.S. Senate race. The group cited her environmental justice work, starting with the youth group Youth Terminating Pollution.
September 8, 2020
Source: web.archive.org
Past races Marquita Bradshaw ran in:
- United States Senator · November 3, 2026 · Tennessee
- United States Senator · August 6, 2026 · Tennessee