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Ballot facts
- Name as listed
- David Hatley
- Office
- Governor of Tennessee
- Party
- Independent (as listed by the state)
- Seat
- Open seat (incumbent term-limited) · current governor: Bill Lee
- Election
- November 3, 2026 general
- Website
- Website: hatleyforgovernor.com
- Candidate list
- Tennessee Secretary of State — November 2026 Governor candidate list
Stated positions
Paraphrased neutrally from the candidate’s own published materials. Each statement is attributed (“says…”) and cited. We do not evaluate the feasibility or accuracy of promises. Every candidate in this race is summarized the same way. How we compile these.
| Topic | Summary of stated position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery tax | Says he will eliminate the state sales tax on groceries and pay for it by cutting waste in the state budget. | Campaign website — hatleyforgovernor.com Accessed October 24, 2026 |
| Data centers | Calls for pausing new data center approvals until the state writes rules, and for ending tax abatements and PILOT agreements for them. | Campaign website — hatleyforgovernor.com Accessed October 24, 2026 |
| Medical cannabis | Says he will make a state-regulated medical cannabis program, with physician oversight and a patient registry, a priority of his 2027 legislative agenda. | Campaign website — hatleyforgovernor.com Accessed October 24, 2026 |
| Property tax relief | Says he will raise the income limit for seniors’ property tax relief to $64,000, remove the home value cap and give seniors 50% off. | Campaign website — hatleyforgovernor.com Accessed October 24, 2026 |
Attributed to the candidate; not verified or evaluated by SaveYourState. Candidates can request a correction by pointing to their own published materials.
Campaign finance
Not yet compiled. Candidates for governor report to Tennessee’s state campaign-finance office, not the FEC. Their reports are public on the official Tennessee campaign-finance search.
Record in office
No legislative record is linked to this candidate. Records are linked only through official identifiers (Bioguide ID) or a hand-checked state officeholder record, to avoid misattribution.
Sources
- Candidate list: Tennessee Secretary of State — November 2026 Governor candidate list — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Campaign website — hatleyforgovernor.com — retrieved October 24, 2026
- Website: Campaign link on the 2026 election article (English Wikipedia), confirmed on the site
- Tennessee campaign-finance search (official)