Marquita Bradshaw in 2020 TN Senate race
On Budget & Economy:
Raise minimum wage to $15/hr; end "Right to Work"
I support a living wage & worker's rights. Ensure a minimum wage of $15.00 an hour is enacted for Tennessee. Eliminate our status as a "Right To Work (For Less)" state. This will allow workers fundamental protections & rights within their companies.
Our rights as Tennesseans allows us to organize & unionize, workers need more protections and pay at their jobs, not less!
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Civil Rights:
Against overturning rights, especially of LGBTQ+
I won't vote for any judicial nominees who want to turn back the clock on anyone's rights, especially the LGBTQ+ community. Being deprived of housing, jobs, and healthcare because of your gender identity or sexual orientation - that is a death sentence.
I am committed to serving all hardworking families with common-sense policies of transparency and accountability-dignity and fairness for all.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Crime:
We need restorative justice & overhaul of justice system
I support community policing, restorative justice and signed the justice guarantee pledge. Restorative justice is a theory of justice that focuses on repairing the harm caused by the crime. It is best accomplished through cooperative processes that
allow stakeholders to meet. In Tennessee, we need a fundamental overhaul of our justice system to ensure that we all are being held to an equal interpretation of the law, not one rooted in racial and income bias.
When we do this, it will lead to a transformation of people, relationships, and communities. I support universal background checks, and research [on] gun deaths and injuries in
the same way it researches other health issues in order to find workable solutions.
I support the full legalization of recreational marijuana. We need to lead Tennessee in this industry.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Drugs:
Support the full legalization of recreational marijuana
I support the full legalization of recreational marijuana. We need to lead Tennessee in this industry that can not only help our economy but also begin to give Black & brown
Tennesseans entrepreneurship, alongside restorative justice to those who have been impacted by our outdated & predatory drug laws.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Education:
Relieve current student debt, provide quality childcare
I support the right to a fully funded high-quality public education. I am a lifelong proponent of funding our education system the same as we do our military. We must:- Relieve current student debt
- Provide quality childcare
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Fund universal pre-K education
- Build towards a free technical, community, HBCU, and public college education
- Provide education and job training programs to re-skill workers
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Energy & Oil:
First Senate candidate in TN to sign Green New Deal Pledge
I Support the Green New Deal. ?I was the first candidate running for the United States Senate in TN to sign the Green New Deal Pledge. Our current leadership has failed Tennessee and has sought to turn Tennessee into a landfill for nuclear waste.
I am proud to stand as someone who sees the unending benefits of this deal, not only for our Planet's health but for the future of our state's economy. Tennessee has an opportunity to invest heavily in new jobs, infrastructure, and more with this deal.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Government Reform:
Overturn Citizens United; outlaw gerrymandering
Protecting Democracy - I support overturning Citizens United. - Overturn Citizens United.
- Automatic voter registration.
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Secure Vote by Mail.
- Outlaw gerrymandering.
- Make Election Day a National Holiday.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Gun Control:
For background checks, red flag laws, CDC research on guns
I support universal background checks. - Require a gun safety education, storage, and a license in order to own a gun
- Enact extreme risk / red flag laws
- Conduct strong background checks
- Disarm domestic abusers
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Encourage the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to research gun deaths and injuries in the same way it researches other health issues in order to find workable solutions
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Health Care:
Medicare for All is a good place to start
I will fight to ensure Tennesseans going bankrupt from seeking needed Medical Care is a thing of the past. Having experienced that in my own life, I know what it's like to have to suffer through our current system. Medicare For All is a good place to
start, and I commit to you I will only advocate for legislation that is patient-centered. I want our system of healthcare to be guided by the health outcomes and experience of patients, not insurance company profits.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Immigration:
Support DACA, pathway to citizenship for undocumented
I support DACA. We should always be the beacon for families looking for better opportunities to find refuge from oppression, tyranny, violence, and prosecution.
We should stop criminalizing and splitting up families seeking asylum. I support restoring DACA protections and providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Source: 2020 Tennessee Senate campaign website MarquitaBradshaw.com
Aug 26, 2020
On Principles & Values:
One job away from middle class, one loss away from poverty
Bradshaw has said she has been "one job away from middle class and one job-loss away from poverty." She said she was once under-employed, riddled with student loan debt and without adequate health insurance.
Then she experienced a foreclosure and bankruptcy. "The progressive movement is undeniable!" Bradshaw tweeted after her victory. "Thank you all so much for your support and this victory. It's time to put hardworking people first. Onward."
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press on 2020 Tennessee Senate race
Aug 26, 2020
On Environment:
I'm an environmental justice activist at my core
Bradshaw, a board member of the Tennessee chapter of the Sierra Club, was previously an organizer with the American Federation of Government Employees, the AFL-CIO and the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, among other groups. "Because I'm an
environmental justice activist at my core, I want to make sure that policies ensure that people have healthy and safe places to live, learn, work, worship and recreate," Bradshaw tells the Scene. "We need all of those to be a whole individual."
Source: Nashville Scene on 2020 Tennessee Senate race
Oct 3, 2019
Page last updated: Oct 24, 2020