TN-06 Democratic nominee?
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AUG 7, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFormer Mayor
PartyDemocratic
Age62 years old (Sep 22, 1963)
GenderFemale
LocationTennessee
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BackgroundPolitician
EducationBaker University — B.A. (1986)
Notable personal detailsMegan Christine Barry is an American politician and former business executive who served as the seventh mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (2015–2018). She previously served on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County. Barry earned an MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management in 1993 and holds a bachelor’s degree from Baker University (1986). She has run for federal office as a Democrat, including a 2024 U.S. House campaign in Tennessee.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supported targeted local tax increases and public investments to fund transit and infrastructure projects and expand housing-related spending while serving as Nashville mayor. Backed a 2018 transit funding package that would have raised sales, hotel/motel, rental car and business/excise taxes to pay for a large transit and infrastructure plan. Her mayoral budgets included commitments to increase funding for housing and other city services.
Healthcare
Supports expanding access to health coverage and local efforts to enroll the uninsured; has prioritized public-health responses to the opioid crisis during and after her time as mayor.
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Immigration & Border
Megan Barry has positioned herself as supportive of immigrants and refugee resettlement and has taken actions to protect immigrant communities at the municipal level while recognizing federal vetting processes. As mayor she backed city policies and offices to help new immigrants with services and citizenship, and she responded critically to federal immigration enforcement actions affecting local communities.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports reproductive rights and has framed herself as committed to protecting reproductive freedoms. Public coverage and past statements describe her as an advocate for abortion rights and contrast her position with opponents who favor strict bans.
Climate & Energy
Megan Barry advanced municipal sustainability and climate initiatives as mayor of Nashville, convening the Livable Nashville Committee and supporting a city climate and energy plan that included greenhouse gas mitigation actions, green buildings, and sustainable mobility. Her administration joined the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and promoted transit and clean-energy-focused planning while continuing to pursue pragmatic, city-level investments rather than federal Green New Deal–style commitments.
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Latest report: Cycle 20242024
LatestCycle 2024
Source: FEC
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