Rachel Hurley
Rachel Hurley
TN-05 Democratic nominee?
$42.8K
AUG 7, 2026
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleWriter
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationTennessee
BackgroundWriter
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Notable personal detailsRachel Hurley is a Memphis-based writer and communications/public-relations professional who has worked in media and music publicity. She founded the civic-ideas website Make Memphis in 2013 and has written online at rachelandthecity.com since 2004. In May 2026, she filed to run for the U.S. House in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District as a Democrat.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports targeted federal investments and appropriations for neighborhoods, housing, transit, and rural hospital stabilization, and explicitly calls for Medicaid expansion. Prioritizes earmarks for community needs and federal advocacy to protect and expand funding rather than proposing tax cuts or deregulation.
Healthcare
Supports Medicaid expansion and federal funding to stabilize rural hospitals and improve maternal health; intends to use a federal seat to push the state on Medicaid expansion and pursue federal appropriations riders for rural hospital stabilization and maternal health funding.
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