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Candidates › TN-06 race › 2025–2026
Mike Croley
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, TN-06
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Tennessee US House 6
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place (opens in a new tab) · More ways to vote
- Top priorities
- AFFORDABILITY
- ACCESSIBILITY
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- Money
- $117.2K raised, $103.1K spent, $14.3K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 37% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 95% from Tennessee · largest committee giver MARCH ON PAC, $1K
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Go anywhere in America today and ask someone what’s on their mind and you’ll hear about prices. Groceries are too high, gasoline is too expensive, and healthcare has been unaffordable for years – and it’s getting worse. Rural Americans in places like the Sixth District have to choose between putting food on the table or medicine in the cabinet.
I’ve discovered over the course of this campaign just how bad things have gotten for Tennesseans. I’ve heard from both college students how they’re frightened to graduate because there’s no chance they can afford to rent an apartment, and from elderly folks who have to ration food so they can be able to visit the doctor and pay for what the doctor prescribes.
I’ve heard from consumers that have had to stop shopping at their small town grocery stores because the big chains cut a slightly better deal. I’ve heard from parents who’ve had to dig into their savings because cuts to SNAP and WIC threaten to leave their families hungry.
I’ve heard from importers, wholesalers, and small business owners just how much damage tariffs have done to their businesses. I’ve heard from franchise owners and construction workers how much they have to tighten their belts when the threat of an ICE raid means their staff are too afraid to come into work. I’ve heard from investors and line workers how careers are upended because changes in leadership and funding stop the on-time opening of new factories.
So what do the people tell me they want to happen to lower prices again?
- Get rid of Trump’s reckless tariffs.
- Overturn the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ and give that money back to programs that help people get what they need.
- Tax the rich fairly and close tax loopholes.
- “The Tax Policy Center (TPC) has estimated that the WNI wealth tax could raise $6.8 trillion in additional net revenue over the next decade.” – Economic Policy Institute
- Build more quality, affordable housing.
- Cap private equity firm holdings.
- Invest in American industry and American trades.
- Strengthen labor standards and make unionization easier
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Whoever you are, at some point in your life, you’ve needed help. Mr. Rogers told us to look for the helpers, and people are trying hard to find them. The simple fact is that the opportunities and programs that help people get by and live well aren’t coming – even worse, they’re disappearing.
Accessibility is a personal issue for me: In early 2025, I was working for NOAA as a Presidential Management Fellow. I worked hard to earn that opportunity, and I was proud to get to do work that I loved. That all changed with Elon Musk and DOGE. A few weeks after DOGE began cutting programs, my department received word that there would be major downsizing and that we should consider work elsewhere. I was distraught. This was my livelihood, that I’d worked hard to earn and loved doing. I wasn’t going to sit by and let the world’s richest man take food from my family’s bellies.
I did what we’re told to do as citizens in a democracy. I called my representative, John Rose, at each of his offices multiple times a day for weeks, begging him to do something to stop me from losing my job. Eventually, after I had already lost my job, I got a copy-and-paste response email that said nothing and did even less. At the end of that email, someone had added a blurb about all the things John Rose has done for veterans. As a veteran, who John Rose did nothing to help when I was being put out of my career, I was insulted. That’s when I decided to take action.
I wish I could say that my story is unique and my circumstances are strange, but I can’t. If I listed the names of people I personally know who lost qualified positions because of this administration, I’d need a second website. I’ve heard from so many people like me, who needed help from their government and begged and pleaded for assistance, and were ignored.
What do people want to be done to make their government and lives more accessible?
- Make voting more accessible
- Make accessing healthcare more accessible for veterans
- Expand the House of Representatives and make the democratic process more democratic
- Restrict private insurance companies ability to deny claims
- Increase access to women’s reproductive healthcare
Elect representatives who show up for all the people they represent
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We hear a lot about accountability these days. The single most consistent thing I hear from people is that they feel like their government is failing them. Usually, they feel like their representatives aren’t even trying to actually represent or help them. The only thing everyone does seem to think their representatives actually prioritize is making money. I hear from people that it’s one big club and we ain’t in it, so why bother caring?
I hear from people that federal agents are being given free reign to assault, harass, and kill whomever they like. I hear from independents who enthusiastically voted for closed borders, but also think America isn’t a place where the government gets to execute its citizens in the street. I’ve been told by veterans that the Democrats aren’t doing enough to stop ICE’s rampage.
I’ve heard from abuse victims how the exact same kinds of people who hurt them and got away with it are the people this administration is protecting from being brought to justice. I’ve heard their disgust when the Attorney General screams about the stock market instead of acknowledging survivors. I’ve heard from you, who is being hurt and wants to stop the people who hurt you.
So what do people tell me they want to do to hold people in power accountable?
- Release all of the unredacted Epstein Files in full compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act
- Dramatically scale back funding for DHS and ICE to make sure reforms can’t be sidestepped
- Overhaul campaign finance laws to ban Congressmen from trading stocks and becoming lobbyists
- Overturn the disastrous Citizens United v. FEC decision
- Enact term limits for members of Congress
- Ensure corporations are engaging the market in full faith and break up any illegal monopolies like Google and Apple
- Investigate healthcare companies to ensure patient care is prioritized over profit
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