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Justin Pearson

U.S. Representative TN-09 (2026 D Candidate · Cohen-seat open · TN state rep · Tennessee Three)

Democrat

🗺️ Tennessee home

RESOLUTE Citizen Score

9 / 100 F

Raw: 8 of 86 dynamic max · 43 of 50 answered

Last verified: 2026-07-04 · from claim evidence

✝ God First 2/ 60

🇺🇸 America First 6/ 40

National Rank

#4,665 of 8,966 · bottom 48.0% among candidates with at least one scored answer

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Next Election

August 6, 2026

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Official Profile

TN state representative. Part of the "Tennessee Three" expelled and reinstated in 2023. Memphis-area progressive D candidate for the open TN-09 seat.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

0/10

Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Endorsed by Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood in 2024, which exclusively endorses candidates who support abortion access and reproductive healthcare. Pearson is a Justice Democrats-endorsed progressive who openly supports abortion rights, consistent with his broader platform of 'bodily autonomy' and reproductive justice. His campaign website (votejustinj.com) and Justice Democrats endorsement both reflect a pro-choice stance that rejects any legal recognition of fetal personhood from conception — directly opposing the rubric's life-at-conception standard. As a Tennessee state representative, Pearson has been a vocal opponent of the state's post-Dobbs abortion ban, framing it as an attack on women's fundamental rights.
- Planned Parenthood Action FundLeft Advocacy
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Verified 2026-06-15Dispute this claim

Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing

FALSE (0)

Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding

FALSE (0)

Biblical Marriage

0/10

Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Publicly opposed 2024 Tennessee legislation that would have allowed government officials to decline to solemnize same-sex marriages, calling such bills 'harmful' and criticizing them for 'not caring for inclusion' — standing squarely against the rubric's one-man-one-woman marriage definition.
- wpln.orgUnclassified
- wsmv.comUnclassified
Verified 2026-06-04Dispute this claim

Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law

FALSE (0)

Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships

FALSE (0)

Family & Child Sovereignty

0/10

Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples

FALSE (0)

Christian Liberty

0/10

Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions

FALSE (0)

Economic Stewardship

2/10

Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Pearson's congressional platform calls for Medicare for All (covering vision, dental, mental health, and reproductive care with 'no premiums, deductibles, or copays') and he personally sponsored Tennessee HB 1396 (the Protection Against Automation Act) establishing a Guaranteed Basic Income program providing $3,000 annual grants — a platform that explicitly rejects balanced-budget fiscal discipline in favor of major new federal entitlement spending.
- votejustinj.comUnclassified
- Tennessee General AssemblyOfficial
Verified 2026-07-04Dispute this claim

Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures

Not yet verified

Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels

TRUE (+2)

Election Integrity

0/10

Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference

FALSE (0)

Border & Immigration

0/10

Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence

FALSE (0)

1 claim

At a January 2026 Tennessee Progressive Caucus press conference, Pearson framed ICE enforcement as a violation of the religious duty to 'protect the foreigner.' In February 2026, he condemned the National Guard deployment to Memphis for immigration enforcement as an 'occupation detrimental to the economy' and 'a draconian mass deportation campaign,' calling instead for federal investment rather than enforcement.
- tennesseelookout.comUnclassified
- nbcnews.comUnclassified
Verified 2026-07-04Dispute this claim

Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland

FALSE (0)

Self-Defense & 2A

0/10 ✉️ Petition your reps

Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Introduced HB 1390 in the Tennessee legislature to create extreme-risk protection orders (red-flag laws) authorizing courts to seize firearms without a criminal conviction; was also expelled from the Tennessee House in April 2023 for participating in a gun-control demonstration on the chamber floor — directly opposing the rubric's defense of unrestricted Second Amendment rights.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- tennesseelookout.comUnclassified
Verified 2026-06-04Dispute this claim

Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation

FALSE (0)

Foreign Policy Restraint

2/10

Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action

Not yet verified

Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians

Not yet verified

Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs

Not yet verified

Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance

Not yet verified

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

4/10

Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent

Not yet verified

Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms

Not yet verified

Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments

TRUE (+2)

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