Brad Batt
Brad Batt (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 6. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Batt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brad Batt's career experience includes working as a entrepreneur. He earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech University in 1995 and a graduate degree from Regis University in 2003.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6
Incumbent Tim Hicks defeated Brad Batt in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6 on November 5, 2024.
| Total votes: 30,887 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6
Brad Batt advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Batt | 100.0 | 1,275 |
| Total votes: 1,275 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6
Incumbent Tim Hicks advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Hicks | 100.0 | 3,312 |
| Total votes: 3,312 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Batt in this election.
2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6
Tim Hicks defeated Brad Batt in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6 on November 3, 2020.
| Total votes: 29,664 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6
Brad Batt advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Batt | 100.0 | 1,471 |
| Total votes: 1,471 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6
Tim Hicks defeated incumbent James Van Huss in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 6 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Hicks | 57.5 | 5,412 |
 | James Van Huss | 42.5 | 3,997 | |
| Total votes: 9,409 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brad Batt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Batt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Break Up Ballad Health: I will fight to end the healthcare monopoly that has reduced services and harmed our community. By breaking up Ballad Health's monopoly and expanding Medicaid, we can restore medical freedom and ensure affordable healthcare for all Tennesseans.
- Protect Public Schools: I'm committed to fully funding our public schools, raising teacher salaries, and stopping voucher scams that defund education. Every child deserves a world-class education, and I will work to make our schools safe and inclusive.
- End Childhood Poverty: With 1 in 5 children in Tennessee living in poverty, I will advocate for affordable housing, universal Pre-K, family leave, and fair wages. My goal is to lift families out of poverty and provide them with the dignity and opportunity they deserve.
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2020
Brad Batt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Batt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Brad's beliefs are rooted in freedom and fairness for all. That everyone deserves the freedom to live their life to the fullest and that every person has the right to health care, to love who they want to love, and to equal justice under the law.
Brad and his wife Jenny live in Johnson City. His daughter, Ann Marie, will be a 3rd grader this year at Towne Acres Elementary.- We deserve a fair economy that works for everyone.
- We must immediately expand Medicaid in Tennessee.
- Public education must be a top priority for our state.
Tennessee has the money to invest in education without raising taxes, but our state government has failed to act. Instead, we have teachers buying supplies using money from their own pockets.
Tennessee is:
🏫 43rd in nation in Overall Funding
📚 47th in nation in Effort
👨🏽🎓 45th in Spending Per Pupil
HEALTH CARE
Our choices in Tennessee shouldn't be limited to living in either a healthcare desert or under a medical monopoly. Hospitals in rural towns are closing at alarming rates. And in the parts of our state where hospitals aren't closing, one giant corporation controls all access.
We must immediately expand Medicaid in Tennessee.
This isn't a controversial idea; 38 states have already expanded Medicaid, including our neighbors Kentucky and Arkansas. What's more, 65% of Tennesseans support Medicaid expansion.
OUR ECONOMY
Half of our community is living in poverty or near poverty.
Fifteen percent of Washington County households are living below the federal poverty level. An additional 30% are "ALICE" households: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. It's a more complicated way of saying "the working poor."
The percentage of current ALICE households is also double what it was in 2009.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
