Each cell paraphrases what the candidate says they will do, from their own campaign materials, questionnaires, or interviews. Rows are shared issue categories; only categories at least one candidate addressed are shown.
Issue
Michele Carringer Republican
Eliza Boles Democratic
Taxes & spending
No stated position
Repeal the state sales tax on groceries and the gas tax.[1]
Cost of living & housing
No stated position
Pass paid parental leave and make child care affordable for working families.[2]
Education
Sponsored a law directing the Department of Education to give guidance aligning state literacy tutoring corps services with each student's remediation needs and grade-level standards.[3]
Repeal the Education Freedom school voucher program, put that money back into public schools, and invest in universal pre-K.[1][2]
Health care
Sponsored a bill to have the health commissioner create programs to improve access to dental care in rural and underserved areas.[4]
Expand Medicaid to cover Tennesseans in the coverage gap and protect access to hospitals in rural areas.[1][2]
Public safety & justice
Sponsored a 2026 law requiring registered sex offenders to notify a campground's owner or operator of their status before staying overnight.[5]
State representative for District 16 since November 2020; House member of the 112th through 114th General Assemblies.[7][8]
Chair of the House Population Health Subcommittee since it was created in 2023; also serves on the Health Committee, the State & Local Government Committee, and the Departments & Agencies Subcommittee.[8][9]
Former Knox County commissioner (Districts 7B and 2) and commission vice chair.[8]
Works in advertising; attended Central High School and the University of Tennessee College of Communications.[8][9]
Why they're running
No stated reason found (checked October 13, 2026).
Platform
Education
Sponsored a law directing the Department of Education to give guidance aligning state literacy tutoring corps services with each student's remediation needs and grade-level standards.[3]
Health care
Sponsored a bill to have the health commissioner create programs to improve access to dental care in rural and underserved areas.[4]
Public safety & justice
Sponsored a 2026 law requiring registered sex offenders to notify a campground's owner or operator of their status before staying overnight.[5]
Arguments
Arguments for
She has led the House health subcommittee on population health since its creation in 2023, working to make sure health bills are fully prepared before they reach the full committee.[9]
Arguments against
No published arguments found (checked October 13, 2026).
She says she is running because working families deserve a government that works for them again, and that programs like Medicaid and strong public schools made her own opportunities possible. As a single mother of three, she says she knows the pressure of rising costs and child care, and she wants the voices of average Tennesseans to be heard in the legislature.[1][6]
Platform
Taxes & spending
Repeal the state sales tax on groceries and the gas tax.[1]
Cost of living & housing
Pass paid parental leave and make child care affordable for working families.[2]
Education
Repeal the Education Freedom school voucher program, put that money back into public schools, and invest in universal pre-K.[1][2]
Health care
Expand Medicaid to cover Tennesseans in the coverage gap and protect access to hospitals in rural areas.[1][2]
Having grown up on a fixed income and now raising three children alone, she knows firsthand the pressures of child care and rising costs that working families face.[6]
Arguments against
No published arguments found (checked October 13, 2026).
Sources (11)
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