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Charlie Baum

Charlie Baum

Republican · Tennessee · 2026 · Incumbent

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Tennessee House District 37Tennessee · 2026Rutherford County sample ballot
Top priorities
  • Expanding career and technical education and raising educator pay
  • Keeping taxes low and government spending efficient
  • Reforming the Certificate of Need process to lower healthcare costs

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Charlie Baum is an economics professor at Middle Tennessee State University and a former department chair there, holding a Ph.D. from UNC Chapel Hill, per his campaign site. He previously served on the Rutherford County Commission. He is the Republican incumbent for House District 37.

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