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Carnita Atwater on Civil Rights

 

 


Overturn targeting LGBTQ youth

Among Atwater's top priorities if elected would be to work against "discriminatory laws" that have been passed out of the General Assembly in recent years, including legislation targeting LGBTQ youth and new sentencing guidelines criminal justice advocates warn could exacerbate an already overburdened prison system.
Source: Nashville Tennessean on 2026 Tennessee Gubernatorial race , Jul 10, 2022

Time for African-American female governor: embrace diversity

Atwater, a native of Mississippi and a longtime resident of West Tennessee, said this is her first run for political office. "Not in the history of our nation have we ever had an African American female governor," Atwater said. "We have never had an
Source: Columbia Daily Herald on 2022 Tennessee Gubernatorial race , Sep 24, 2021

Other governors on Civil Rights: Carnita Atwater on other issues:
TN Gubernatorial:
Bill Lee
Jason Martin
JB Smiley
John Rose
Marsha Blackburn
TN Senatorial:
Bill Hagerty
Diana Onyejiaka
Gloria Johnson
Marquita Bradshaw
Marsha Blackburn

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