Dave Seeman

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Who they are

Seeman is a Nashville resident whose campaign site describes him as an engineer and small business owner. Politics1 lists his occupation as system designer and mechanical engineer. He wrote a policy document he calls The Volunteer Plan, which organises his campaign around five commitments.

Source: Seeman campaign (2026-08-08); Politics1

Why they are running

Seeman's campaign summarises itself as “no party, no pacs, just an engineer building better government, by design,” and states a focus on climate action.

Source: Seeman campaign (2026-08-08)

Where they stand on education

Seeman would “repeal the Education Freedom Scholarship program and redirect $144 million a year into public schools.” The plan commits to “smaller class sizes, more counselors and special education aides, and retention bonuses for teachers at the schools that need them most,” and to hiring behavioral health specialists to bring counselor ratios to national standards, enforcing class size caps by hiring more teachers, and placing paraprofessionals in every self-contained special education classroom. He would provide free breakfast and lunch in the state's highest-need districts, sourced from Tennessee farmers, cover childcare costs for families earning up to $99,000, and require a half credit of financial literacy to graduate.

Source: Seeman campaign (2026-08-08)

How they qualified

Sources

1. 1. Seeman campaign, The Platform: Dave Seeman for Governor (2026-08-08)
2. 2. Seeman campaign, Dave Seeman for Governor of Tennessee (2026-08-08)
3. 3. Politics1, Tennessee 2026 Elections
4. 4. Tennessee Secretary of State, 2026 candidate lists (certified qualified candidates for governor)