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Tennessee Senate District 7

Result: Advanced — Bryan Langan (Democratic), Richard M. Briggs (Republican)

Source: knoxcounty.org

What does this office do?

  • Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
  • Voting on how much money your local public schools get
  • Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired

Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,

Candidates:

Bryan Langan

Advanced

Democratic · advanced

Bryan Langan is a University of Tennessee graduate from Karns who has worked for nearly three decades in the service industry, management and the skilled trades. His stated priorities are campaign finance reform, term limits for state lawmakers and protecting Tennessee's rivers and land.

Kent Morrell

Did not advance

Republican · lost

Kent Morrell is a Knoxville small-business owner, Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee member, and Republican candidate for Tennessee Senate District 7. He also challenged Richard Briggs in the district's 2022 Republican primary.

Republican · Incumbent · advanced

Richard M. Briggs is a Knoxville heart and lung surgeon and retired Army colonel who was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2014 and chairs its State and Local Government Committee. He previously served on the Knox County Commission and was a combat trauma surgeon in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Records: Anti-Corruption 6 for, Civil Rights 2 for, 2 against, Immigration 4 against,

Sources: tnsosorg.tnsosfiles.com · onyourballot.vote411.org · ballotready.org