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U.S. House District 9
2026 Tennessee U.S. House — District 9 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Election cycle: 2026
Office: U.S. House District 9
Candidate: Justin J. Pearson
Party: Democratic
City: Memphis
Final unofficial primary result: winner
Primary votes: 32092
Primary vote share: 65.75%
Candidates for United States House of Representatives
November 3, 2026 General Election
Justin J. Pearson
Democratic
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FEC committee ID: C00922633
FEC committee name: THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT JUSTIN J. PEARSON
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Veterans in District 9 have been deprived of over $600M in benefits and compensation and nothing has been done at the federal level to address this disparity. It’s unconscionable and unacceptable which is why I have been helping to connect veterans to advocate for more resources to care for those who have served our nation faithfully. No veterans should be suffering in District 9 or around the country after serving this nation. My Grandaddy Curtis served in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and earned two Purple Hearts but was denied benefits for decades. That’s wrong.
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Veterans in District 9 have been deprived of over $600M in benefits and compensation and nothing has been done at the federal level to address this disparity. It’s unconscionable and unacceptable which is why I have been helping to connect veterans to advocate for more resources to care for those who have served our nation faithfully. No veterans should be suffering in District 9 or around the country after serving this nation. My Grandaddy Curtis served in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and earned two Purple Hearts but was denied benefits for decades. That’s wrong.
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We have an opportunity to meet this moment by answering the call for justice, fairness, and hope for every person in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. We must have a leader who will work and fight for our district and our democracy!
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We have an opportunity to meet this moment by answering the call for justice, fairness, and hope for every person in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. We must have a leader who will work and fight for our district and our democracy!
Every one can not be guaranteed the same outcomes but every one deserves the same access to opportunities. Without good-paying jobs and wages, we will never eradicate poverty in District 9. Our District is beautiful and also has some of the highest levels of poverty in the nation. 22.2% of people live below the poverty line and 33% of our children live below the poverty line. That has been worsening for the last two decades. I’m not a millionaire or independently wealthy. I grew up in poverty watching my parents struggle to lift me and my four brothers out of it. I know and have lived the struggles being faced by my constituents in District 9. It’s time to do something.
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Every one can not be guaranteed the same outcomes but every one deserves the same access to opportunities. Without good-paying jobs and wages, we will never eradicate poverty in District 9. Our District is beautiful and also has some of the highest levels of poverty in the nation. 22.2% of people live below the poverty line and 33% of our children live below the poverty line. That has been worsening for the last two decades. I’m not a millionaire or independently wealthy. I grew up in poverty watching my parents struggle to lift me and my four brothers out of it. I know and have lived the struggles being faced by my constituents in District 9. It’s time to do something.
Writing legislation to increase the minimum wage county-by-county using the MIT Living Wage Calculator
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Writing legislation to increase the minimum wage county-by-county using the MIT Living Wage Calculator
Our district has some of the worst polluters in the country. Our district has become a dumping ground for polluting corporations and greedy CEOs—like Elon Musk and xAI—who see our community as the “path of least resistance” to line their pockets with billions more in profits while we are left with more hospital visits and funerals. Every person deserves clean air, clean water, and clean soil. It is a human right to be able to breathe, drink clean water, and plant in clean soil. That right is being taken from us by corporations. I’ve helped lead the fight against many of those companies and we’ve had successes. I promise to continue to do that as well for you in Congress.
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Our district has some of the worst polluters in the country. Our district has become a dumping ground for polluting corporations and greedy CEOs—like Elon Musk and xAI—who see our community as the “path of least resistance” to line their pockets with billions more in profits while we are left with more hospital visits and funerals. Every person deserves clean air, clean water, and clean soil. It is a human right to be able to breathe, drink clean water, and plant in clean soil. That right is being taken from us by corporations. I’ve helped lead the fight against many of those companies and we’ve had successes. I promise to continue to do that as well for you in Congress.
Pass more laws and promote more policies that protect our community’s health
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Pass more laws and promote more policies that protect our community’s health
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in Tennessee and in District 9. I’m proud to have written the most legislation in the 113th General Assembly to address the gun violence epidemic. This issue is personal to me. I have lost my beloved brother, cousin, classmates, and mentor due to gun violence. I was expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly as one of the “Tennessee Three” after peacefully protesting to end the gun violence epidemic demanding that my Republican colleagues do something after the largest mass shooting in Tennessee’s history. I will be an advocate in Congress to fight for laws that protect us nationwide. If you or a loved one is struggling with thoughts of self-harm, please call 988
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Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in Tennessee and in District 9. I’m proud to have written the most legislation in the 113th General Assembly to address the gun violence epidemic. This issue is personal to me. I have lost my beloved brother, cousin, classmates, and mentor due to gun violence. I was expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly as one of the “Tennessee Three” after peacefully protesting to end the gun violence epidemic demanding that my Republican colleagues do something after the largest mass shooting in Tennessee’s history. I will be an advocate in Congress to fight for laws that protect us nationwide. If you or a loved one is struggling with thoughts of self-harm, please call 988
Passing laws like a national ban on 80% guns being shipped without serial numbers
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Passing laws like a national ban on 80% guns being shipped without serial numbers
Everybody has a right to shelter. Yet, in Memphis and District 9, over 1,000 residents are unhoused. Those who can afford housing are facing sky-rocketing rents and are being priced out of communities where they have lived for years by greedy developers and real estate corporations. Rent is too high. Younger people, families, and older people on fixed incomes are being hurt the most. This is a moral crisis. My faith reminds me in Matthew 25 that we have moral and legislative responsibility to ensure housing and food justice for all.
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Everybody has a right to shelter. Yet, in Memphis and District 9, over 1,000 residents are unhoused. Those who can afford housing are facing sky-rocketing rents and are being priced out of communities where they have lived for years by greedy developers and real estate corporations. Rent is too high. Younger people, families, and older people on fixed incomes are being hurt the most. This is a moral crisis. My faith reminds me in Matthew 25 that we have moral and legislative responsibility to ensure housing and food justice for all.
Fight for universal rent caps to stop price gouging
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Fight for universal rent caps to stop price gouging
Healthcare is a human right, but in Tennessee, our state refuses to expand Medicaid while at the same time Trump and Republicans are gutting Medicare and Medicaid to give billionaires tax breaks. No one should fear a hospital bill putting them into poverty.
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Healthcare is a human right, but in Tennessee, our state refuses to expand Medicaid while at the same time Trump and Republicans are gutting Medicare and Medicaid to give billionaires tax breaks. No one should fear a hospital bill putting them into poverty.
Stop drug companies from hiking up their prices beyond what consumers can afford
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Stop drug companies from hiking up their prices beyond what consumers can afford
Dedicating more members of my staff to support veterans in Shelby County than ever before
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Dedicating more members of my staff to support veterans in Shelby County than ever before
We are witnessing Donald Trump exploit an already unjust and inhumane immigration system with an assault on our fundamental values, terrorizing immigrant communities with masked agents and taking over our cities like a tyrant. Republicans use immigrants to divide our communities against each other, while corporations exploit them for cheap labor. The solution to both is building a pathway to citizenship so we can stand together for better wages, jobs, and rights for all of us and defeat those seeking to divide us. District 9 welcomes immigrants from all over the world. My faith compels me to serve all people, especially the immigrant “for you shall love [immigrants] as yourself, for you were once strangers in Egypt."
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We are witnessing Donald Trump exploit an already unjust and inhumane immigration system with an assault on our fundamental values, terrorizing immigrant communities with masked agents and taking over our cities like a tyrant. Republicans use immigrants to divide our communities against each other, while corporations exploit them for cheap labor. The solution to both is building a pathway to citizenship so we can stand together for better wages, jobs, and rights for all of us and defeat those seeking to divide us. District 9 welcomes immigrants from all over the world. My faith compels me to serve all people, especially the immigrant “for you shall love [immigrants] as yourself, for you were once strangers in Egypt."
Supporting the ACLU and others who are working to end illegal and unconstitutional ICE raids, mass deportations, and disappearances
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Supporting the ACLU and others who are working to end illegal and unconstitutional ICE raids, mass deportations, and disappearances
Our public education is under attack by right-wing extremists who want to erase our histories from our student’s textbooks, ban books, defund public schools, and line the pockets of private school corporations and CEOs instead of our teachers and schools. Education is the most important investment we can make in our young people. We need to make sure every child has the tools to be successful in college or in careers by bringing back trades into school, as well as ensuring every school has the equipment and tools to educate children. It is past time for a national law guaranteeing increasing public school teachers’ salaries annually so they aren’t applying for SNAP while working 50+ hours a week. My Dr. Mommy has been a public-school teacher for 23 years. I know teachers need more and deserve more for their students and families.
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Our public education is under attack by right-wing extremists who want to erase our histories from our student’s textbooks, ban books, defund public schools, and line the pockets of private school corporations and CEOs instead of our teachers and schools. Education is the most important investment we can make in our young people. We need to make sure every child has the tools to be successful in college or in careers by bringing back trades into school, as well as ensuring every school has the equipment and tools to educate children. It is past time for a national law guaranteeing increasing public school teachers’ salaries annually so they aren’t applying for SNAP while working 50+ hours a week. My Dr. Mommy has been a public-school teacher for 23 years. I know teachers need more and deserve more for their students and families.
Supporting more post-secondary tracks other than going to college by including technical and skilled labor career paths
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Supporting more post-secondary tracks other than going to college by including technical and skilled labor career paths
Working to double the Earned Income Tax Credit which would lift half of children in the country out of poverty
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Working to double the Earned Income Tax Credit which would lift half of children in the country out of poverty
Ensure the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does its job
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Ensure the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does its job
Fighting for accessible mental health resources for people who are struggling
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Fighting for accessible mental health resources for people who are struggling
Work to pass better tenant rights protections for renters
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Work to pass better tenant rights protections for renters
We need Medicare for All because no family deserves to lose a loved one because of fear of the costs burdening their loved ones so much that they would rather not be alive. Medicare for All would mean no premiums, deductions, or copays for coverage including, vision, dental, ortho, reproductive health, mental healthcare, as well as community-based long-term support services to ensure the crucial services our disabled community relies on are prioritized, not forgotten.
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We need Medicare for All because no family deserves to lose a loved one because of fear of the costs burdening their loved ones so much that they would rather not be alive. Medicare for All would mean no premiums, deductions, or copays for coverage including, vision, dental, ortho, reproductive health, mental healthcare, as well as community-based long-term support services to ensure the crucial services our disabled community relies on are prioritized, not forgotten.
Support legislation that overhauls the insurance system, so people stop profiting off our illnesses
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Support legislation that overhauls the insurance system, so people stop profiting off our illnesses
Collaborating with organizations to increase the number of veterans in Shelby County who receive their benefits
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Collaborating with organizations to increase the number of veterans in Shelby County who receive their benefits
Bringing forward legislation to make private prisons illegal and stop for-profit detention
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Bringing forward legislation to make private prisons illegal and stop for-profit detention
Investing in quality educational opportunities for our students
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Investing in quality educational opportunities for our students
Secure funding to help with the medical expenses our families have to take on due to pollution
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Secure funding to help with the medical expenses our families have to take on due to pollution
Support more funding than ever before for affordable housing
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Support more funding than ever before for affordable housing
Make sure everyone, regardless of income or occupation, has access to healthcare
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Make sure everyone, regardless of income or occupation, has access to healthcare
Working with my colleagues and national and community organizations to create a path to documentation and to citizenship
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Working with my colleagues and national and community organizations to create a path to documentation and to citizenship
Fighting for Good Life-sustaining jobs and training opportunities in this economy
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Fighting for Good Life-sustaining jobs and training opportunities in this economy
Create millions of union jobs to build the green economy all of us deserve to have a part in and benefit from
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Create millions of union jobs to build the green economy all of us deserve to have a part in and benefit from
Help reopen rural hospitals that have been devastated by the Trump agenda
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Help reopen rural hospitals that have been devastated by the Trump agenda
Fighting against the separation of children and their families
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Fighting against the separation of children and their families
Supporting Guaranteed Basic Income programs for poor people and people impacted by job loss due to automation
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Supporting Guaranteed Basic Income programs for poor people and people impacted by job loss due to automation
Fight for dental, ortho, vision, and reproductive healthcare to be covered
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Fight for dental, ortho, vision, and reproductive healthcare to be covered
Advocating for more judges to review asylum cases and support the people seeking freedom at the border
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Advocating for more judges to review asylum cases and support the people seeking freedom at the border
Taxing the income of the richest people in our country
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Taxing the income of the richest people in our country
Cutting taxes on working class people and ending the grocery tax
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Cutting taxes on working class people and ending the grocery tax
Creating the first-ever union liaison position and unionizing the District 9 Congressional Office in Memphis and DC
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Creating the first-ever union liaison position and unionizing the District 9 Congressional Office in Memphis and DC
Standing on the side of labor unions and on the picket line too
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Standing on the side of labor unions and on the picket line too
Be a leader on tackling the climate crisis and its effects across District 9 and the country, including economic effects for farmers
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Be a leader on tackling the climate crisis and its effects across District 9 and the country, including economic effects for farmers
Advocating for national Extreme Risk Protection Orders or ‘Red Flag Laws’
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Advocating for national Extreme Risk Protection Orders or ‘Red Flag Laws’
Seeking to have Mandatory Waiting Periods and Firearm Education before purchases
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Seeking to have Mandatory Waiting Periods and Firearm Education before purchases
Limit multi-national corporations from buying up neighborhoods and jacking up rents
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Limit multi-national corporations from buying up neighborhoods and jacking up rents
Pass Housing-first legislation and policies at the federal level and work more on the local level with housing advocates
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Pass Housing-first legislation and policies at the federal level and work more on the local level with housing advocates
Cut the costs being charged for life saving and life sustaining medicine
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Cut the costs being charged for life saving and life sustaining medicine
Writing legislation to adequately educate and inform veterans about their benefits before they are discharged
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Writing legislation to adequately educate and inform veterans about their benefits before they are discharged
Addressing the inequality with the ratings veterans, who have similar challenges, are receiving different places
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Addressing the inequality with the ratings veterans, who have similar challenges, are receiving different places
Working to pass laws that guarantee attorneys at no-cost to veterans whose claims are denied unjustly
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Working to pass laws that guarantee attorneys at no-cost to veterans whose claims are denied unjustly
Defending Dreamers who were brought to this nation by parents seeking opportunity
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Defending Dreamers who were brought to this nation by parents seeking opportunity
Demanding teachers get a pay raise and funding for classroom supplies and professional development
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Demanding teachers get a pay raise and funding for classroom supplies and professional development
Learning and working legislatively to rollback the Trump administration’s horrendous attack on public education
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Learning and working legislatively to rollback the Trump administration’s horrendous attack on public education
Demanding more funding to Title I schools like my alma mater, Mitchell High School, for technology, textbooks, and trades
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Demanding more funding to Title I schools like my alma mater, Mitchell High School, for technology, textbooks, and trades
Working to pass a national law that ends private school vouchers which serve as welfare checks for the wealthy
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Working to pass a national law that ends private school vouchers which serve as welfare checks for the wealthy
Making sure we have policies and laws that uphold Obergefell and Bostock court rulings
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Making sure we have policies and laws that uphold Obergefell and Bostock court rulings
Advocating for laws that protect all queer people from discrimination, especially Black and Brown people
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Advocating for laws that protect all queer people from discrimination, especially Black and Brown people
Providing children and their parents with educational resources at the community-level to safely support every member of the family
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Providing children and their parents with educational resources at the community-level to safely support every member of the family
How does Congress easily could come up with billions for bombs and private military contractors but not billions to solve chronic problems in our District 9? The budget for the entire State of Tennessee is $60 billion. The Pentagon will spend 14 times that this year alone. It’s time to end the era of bottomless defense budgets that line the pockets of CEOs while fueling war and destruction abroad. Our taxpayer dollars should not be funding war; they should be funding a better future for our families in District 9.
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How does Congress easily could come up with billions for bombs and private military contractors but not billions to solve chronic problems in our District 9? The budget for the entire State of Tennessee is $60 billion. The Pentagon will spend 14 times that this year alone. It’s time to end the era of bottomless defense budgets that line the pockets of CEOs while fueling war and destruction abroad. Our taxpayer dollars should not be funding war; they should be funding a better future for our families in District 9.
Stop sending American taxpayer dollars for the arming and bombing of other countries and people
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Stop sending American taxpayer dollars for the arming and bombing of other countries and people
Reclaim Congressional authority for the declaration of war and stop presidents from funding wars and joining in fights in other nations without the support of the US Congress
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Reclaim Congressional authority for the declaration of war and stop presidents from funding wars and joining in fights in other nations without the support of the US Congress
Defend the sanctity of life of every person, especially those who are being starved as an act of war or are being killed seeking aid which is immoral and reprehensible
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Defend the sanctity of life of every person, especially those who are being starved as an act of war or are being killed seeking aid which is immoral and reprehensible
Demand that we have a diplomacy-first mindset and stand against the status quo “peace through strength and fear” mentality of this current administration and Congresspeople who desire war
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Demand that we have a diplomacy-first mindset and stand against the status quo “peace through strength and fear” mentality of this current administration and Congresspeople who desire war
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Candidate ID: H6TN09449
Name: PEARSON, JUSTIN J.
Office: House
State: TN
District: 09
Coverage start: 2025-10-01
Coverage end: 2026-07-17
Total receipts: $2344946.62
Total disbursements: $1500213.73
Cash on hand: $844732.89
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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