Mary Genung
TN
Mary Genung is a family nurse practitioner, a former Army Nurse Corps captain, and a former Sumner County commissioner. She promises to put residents first and to listen to them.
Where Mary Genung stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 3 support
Voted yes to ask state lawmakers for term limits on Sumner County commissioners. It failed with 12 yes votes and 7 no votes.
October 20, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Moved to delay spending $707,979.69 on the new county courthouse until a project manager was hired. Her motion died with no second, and the spending passed.
December 18, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Moved to send the county's general budget back to the Budget Committee for more review. Her motion failed on a voice vote. She then voted yes as the budget passed 22-0.
June 26, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 2 oppose
Voted yes to give $490,000 from county savings to rural volunteer fire departments. The final plan passed 19-2.
November 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Voted yes to spend a $345,260 homeland security grant to hire five more school resource officers. It passed 22-0.
September 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Voted to cut the county property tax rate by 1 cent as the commission set the 2023-24 tax levy. The cut passed 22-1.
June 26, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Voted to override the county mayor's veto and pull the county's share of a federal hazard grant for the Draper House property in Cottontown. The override passed 14-7.
May 15, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted yes to give $490,000 from county savings to rural volunteer fire departments. The final plan passed 19-2.
November 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Voted yes to spend a $345,260 homeland security grant to hire five more school resource officers. It passed 22-0.
September 18, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted yes to apply for a state water grant to improve water systems across the region. It passed 23-1.
July 17, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Voted yes to keep the county library board at nine members and appoint Steve Wasilowski and Riley Gaines. It passed 16-6.
October 20, 2025
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Moved to grow the county library board from nine to 11 members. Her motion failed 6-16.
October 20, 2025
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Led the county's Opioid Abatement Committee as chair. The committee decides how to use opioid settlement money.
December 7, 2023
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Voted yes on a resolution barring county staff and money from events or content that sexualize children. It passed 22-0. She voted against cutting four pages of book passages attached to it.
September 18, 2023
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Voted yes on a resolution urging state lawmakers to remove the county's elections administrator and election board members. It passed 16-7. She voted against dropping its call for public censure.
June 26, 2023
Source: sumnercountytn.gov
Won the Sumner County Commission District 9 seat on August 4, 2022. She beat independent Steve Camp 774 votes to 340.
August 4, 2022
Source: mainstreetmediatn.com
Past race Mary Genung ran in:
- Gallatin Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Gallatin city, Tennessee