Candidate · U.S. Senate
Marquita Bradshaw
What this job does: One of Tennessee's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Occupation
- Environmental justice organizer
- Lives in
- Memphis
Background
- Born in 1974 in Memphis; bachelor's degree in journalism and communication studies from the University of Memphis. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Environmental justice committee chair of the Sierra Club's Tennessee chapter; founded Sowing Justice, a civic engagement and environmental justice group, after 2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Democratic nominee for this U.S. Senate seat in 2020, losing to Hagerty 62% to 35%; lost the 2024 Democratic Senate primary. source: ballotpedia.org
- Won the Aug. 6, 2026 Democratic Senate primary with 54.8% of the vote (unofficial). source: wsmv.com
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