Constance Every

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Constance Every

Independent

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

2006 - 2015

Personal

Birthplace

Knoxville, Tenn.

Religion

Spiritual

Profession

Nonprofit founder

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Constance Every (independent) ran for election for Governor of Tennessee. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Every completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Constance Every was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Every served in the U.S. Army from 2006 to 2015. Her career experience includes founding the nonprofit organizations Sleeves4Needs and Black Coffee Justice.

Elections

2022

See also: Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Tennessee on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Lee (R)	64.9	1,129,390
		Jason Martin (D)	32.9	572,818
		John Gentry (Independent)	0.9	15,395
		Constance Every (Independent)	0.6	10,277
		Deborah Rouse (Independent)	0.2	3,772
		Rick Tyler (Independent)	0.1	2,380
		Charles Morgan (Independent)	0.1	1,862
	Submit photo	Basil Marceaux (Independent)	0.1	1,568
	Submit photo	Alfred O'Neil (Independent)	0.1	1,216
		Michael Scantland (Independent)	0.0	815
		Lemichael Wilson (L) (Write-in)	0.0	386
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,739,882
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hosie Holomon III (Independent)
• Jake Johns (Independent)
• Wendell Jackson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Tennessee

Jason Martin defeated JB Smiley Jr. and Carnita Atwater in the Democratic primary for Governor of Tennessee on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Martin	39.4	101,552
		JB Smiley Jr.	38.8	100,062
		Carnita Atwater	21.8	56,227

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,841
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Casey Nicholson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Tennessee

Incumbent Bill Lee advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Tennessee on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Lee	100.0	494,362

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tyler Hagerman (R)
• Patricia Anne Morrison (R)
• Curtis Carney (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Constance Every completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Every's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

“I am running for Governor because I believe it's time for a Government that understands the loyalty is to the people. The working people, the homeless people, the disabled people, the Single Moms struggling to make ends meet. No more rich people having all the say so. It is time to return the power to who it truly and always belongs to the Taxpayers and Voters“

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Poor People Campaign
• Future is Change
• Legalize Cannabis

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Homelessness, Poverty, Youth Enrichment, Union Workforce, Small Business, Mental Health, Veterans.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Marcus Garvey, Steve Biko, Ida B Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Harriet Tubman, Charlotte Bass,, so many Ancestors that lit the path to Human Rights and Liberation!! True Autonomy of Choice!!!

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

You work for the public not the Public work for you!!

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am a person of the majority of the state Poor not the minority of the state which is Rich!! I have been homeless, I have mental illness, I am Disabled, I am a Veteran, I am a servant of the people with my nonprofit foundations, & I fight for the People!!

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Transparency, inclusiveness, and majority vote rules.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Being apart of the Future of Change in the World!!

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Rodney King, 6yrs

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

United State Army, 15yrs

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Mental illness

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

I work for the Taxpayers and it is my job to do what the Taxpayers say as they pay my salary and payroll. I am an employee of the public!!

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

The Taxpayers Budget is the ultimate responsibility!! As the vote is taxpayers telling me they trust me with their dollars and expect me to do the right thing with their checkbook to ensure the protection of their needs!!

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

I believe my job is to ensure full transparency and public participation!!! Especially our most vulnerable demographics: Elderly, Disabled, Homeless, Black, Brown, Poor, Mental Illness etc.

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

Veto power would be used when policy cause or create harm to the taxpayers!! Such as homelessness being a felony on the state of Tennessee!!

If the governor's office in your state does not have the line-item veto power, do you believe it should? Why or why not?

N/A

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

It should be a partnership that is working together to serve the demand, wants, & needs of the Taxpayers!!

What do you love most about your state?

It’s Home of Dollywood and Dolly Parton!!! What’s not to love!!?

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Poverty!!! As the root cause of crime, gun violence, & disparities is POVERTY!! Also Going Green!! The Future is Green!!

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

When the Majority of the Citizens will be placed under eminent threat!!

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Campaign website

Every's campaign website stated the following:

“	PUBLIC SAFETY -Statewide Alternative Response Program -End Cash Bail/For Profit Capitalism in Our Justice System -Education and Degree Requirement for new cadet hires 2yrs/4yrs (Associate/Bachelor) -Bi-Yearly Physical and Mental Health Evaluations -End Private Prisons & Replace with Rehabilitation Centers -State Public Justice, Independent Oversight Committee -Full Rights Restoration to previously Incarcerated Taxpayers HOUSING -Endow Local Community Land Trusts -Increase Renters to Homeowners Crossover -Increase Fines & Penalties for Banks/Lenders practicing Discrimination, Prejudice, & Exclusion of Black, Brown and/or Poor People. -Increase Public Funding for Subsidized Affordable Housing -Percentage Income Payment Plan (PIPs) for Rent, Utilities, & Mortgages EDUCATION -Trade Skills Back in EVERY Tennessee School -Full Funding of EVERY Tennessee School -60K Starting Salary for EVERY Tennessee Teacher -Universal Preschool For EVERY1 in Tennessee -Hazard Pay for Teachers & Non-administration School Employees. -NO POLICE IN OUR SCHOOLS!! Replace with Mental, Social Clinical Professionals and Unarmed Security Contractors WORK FORCE/ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT -Universal Childcare -Ban Pay-Day Loans -Nano-Capital Programs to provide Low Barrier Capital to Small Businesses -Grant Funding to Organizations/Business Mentorships who assist and train Small Business Start Ups -State Grant Funding to create Fixed Lines/Routes to rural areas to service rural workers in communities surrounding cities -Universal Based Income/Strengthen Worker Unions HEALTHCARE -Increase Funding for Community Healthcare/Emergency Centers. No MEDICAL DESERTS!!! -Implement New Family Baby Box Program -Grocery Stores in Every Community. No FOOD DESERTS!! -Focus and Fund Wellness Care instead of Sick Care -Implement Doula Care -State Funded Neighborhood Food Co-ops ENVIRONMENTAL -Green New Deal Pledge -Corporations will be required to have an Environmental, Social, and Governance plan to rapidly remediate their waste and reduce environmental harm. -Corporations will be required to a complete lifecycle of products with recycling or reuse to achieve net-zero waste. -Retrofit Manufacturing Plants, in fenceline polluted communities that have lost jobs. -Increase Investment in training, education, and careers for professional development in desperately needed rapid changes in environment of biologists, climatologists, renewable energy engineers, inventors, regenerative farmers, conservationists, and specialist in the fields of soil regeneration to closed loop waste disposal to renewable energy financiers. -Greater Accountability to Tennessee Valley Authority, waste removal and reduction, and affordable Utilities.	”
—Constance Every's campaign website (2022)

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