- See Tim Burchett's sponsored bills →Tim BurchettRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$3.0M raised
- Michaela BarnettDemocratic✓ Verified$650K raised
- Adam HeimermanIndependent✓ Verified
- Bruce FineIndependent✓ Verified
Where they stand
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| Issue | Tim BurchettRepublican | Michaela BarnettDemocratic | Adam HeimermanIndependent | Bruce FineIndependent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Burchett votes yea on bills supporting technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention, but nay on the KIDS Act. | Barnett supports legislation that helps workers, families, and innovation, including raising the federal minimum wage and holding corporations accountable for labor violations. | Heimerman supports investing in infrastructure and empowering the working class to create a healthy economy and better opportunities for children. | No public position found. |
| Healthcare | Burchett votes yea on reauthorizations and acts improving rural care, Medicaid, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities. | Barnett supports affordable, accessible healthcare focused on patient outcomes, including expanding ACA tax credits, capping drug prices, and increasing rural healthcare funding. Barnett wants to rein in insurance-company practices, restore and expand ACA premium tax credits, and support a universal healthcare option. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Michaela Barnett supports affordable, accessible healthcare focused on patient outcomes, including expanding ACA tax credits, capping drug prices, and increasing rural healthcare funding 1. She also wants to rein in insurance-company practices, restore and expand ACA premium tax credits, and support a universal healthcare option 2. Tim Burchett votes yea on reauthorizations and acts improving rural care, Medicaid, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities 3. | ||||
| Immigration | Burchett supports legal immigration but opposes illegal immigration, advocating for border wall completion, Remain in Mexico policy, and ending catch-and-release. Burchett votes yea on multiple immigration-related acts including Secure America, DHS support, BOWOW Act, deporting fraudsters, and stopping illegal entry, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | Barnett supports a commonsense, dignified immigration system. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Public Safety & Crime | Burchett votes yea on acts enhancing prison staff safety, protecting privacy in purchases, veterans' 2nd amendment rights, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Barnett supports responsible gun ownership. | Heimerman supports proper allocation of funds for border security personnel and cracking down on human trafficking and drug smuggling networks. | No public position found. |
| Abortion | Burchett supports protecting unborn babies and opposes using tax dollars to fund abortions. | Barnett is fighting for reproductive freedom. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Abortion: Michaela Barnett states she is fighting for reproductive freedom 1. Tim Burchett supports protecting unborn babies and opposes using tax dollars to fund abortions 2. | ||||
| Taxes & Government Spending | Burchett advocates for fiscal responsibility, opposes irresponsible government spending, and voted against raising the debt ceiling and continuing resolutions that increase spending. Burchett votes yea on budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture appropriations, but nay on tax relief for fraud victims. | Barnett supports closing billionaire tax loopholes and establishing a minimum tax on extreme wealth to ensure the ultra-rich pay their fair share. | Heimerman opposes corporate welfare and wasteful defense spending and supports closing tax loopholes exploited by billionaires and multinationals. | No public position found. |
| Energy & Environment | Burchett votes yea on disapproving an EPA rule and battlefield protection amendments, but nay on diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | Barnett supports clean-energy tax credits, grants and manufacturing incentives for East Tennessee. | Heimerman opposes privatization of public lands, supports stronger Clean Water Act enforcement, and holds polluters accountable with meaningful penalties. | No public position found. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Burchett votes nay on multiple resolutions directing troop removal and defense authorization, and on extending FISA authorities, but yea on naming a VA clinic. | Barnett advocates for growing domestic semiconductor production to protect national security and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |