TN-05 Democratic nominee?
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AUG 7, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleWriter
Partyunknown
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationTennessee
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BackgroundWriter
EducationUniversity of Memphis
Notable personal detailsRachel Hurley is a Memphis-based writer and designer who filed in May 2026 to run as a Democrat for the U.S. House in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. She has written about politics and civic life and founded a local Memphis civic-ideas project called Make Memphis in 2013. She attended the University of Memphis and has worked in digital/media and political writing.
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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.
News
Rachel Hurley is in the news because of a broader Supreme Court ruling that weakens voting-rights protections and could affect redistricting fights. The coverage says these changes may make it easier for states to draw maps that reduce Black representation in Congress. No specific new action by Hurley is described in the available summary.
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