Sumner County School Board Member, District 9
Sumner County School District, Tennessee
My vote power
High
Election date
August 6, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 204,424 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,066,383 ÷ 204,424) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.37, measured against a statewide vote in TN (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Holly Cruz is the Democratic nominee for Sumner County School Board District 9 (Tennessee) in the August 6, 2026 general election, challenging Republican incumbent Kathy Stuart. She has not previously held elected office.
Records: Public Education Quality 2 for
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Kathy Stuart is the Republican incumbent for Sumner County School Board District 9 (Gallatin area, Tennessee), first elected in August 2022, seeking re-election in the August 6, 2026 general election against Democrat Holly Cruz and independent Rachel Brown.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 against
Independent · declared
Rachel M. Brown is an independent candidate for Sumner County School Board District 9 (Tennessee) in the August 6, 2026 general election, running against Republican incumbent Kathy Stuart and Democrat Holly Cruz. She has not previously held elected office.
Source: votesumnertn.org