In this blog post, we examine the policies and positions of Bryan Goldberg, the Democratic Party candidate running for election to represent Tennessee House District 18 in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Also in this series, we profile Republican candidate Elaine Davis.

This post is part of a series of blogs examining where 2024 Southeastern candidates for state and federal offices stand on key energy and climate issues.

Note: The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy does not support or oppose candidates or political parties. Links to reports, candidate websites and outside sources are provided as citizen education tools. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Action Fund invited both candidates in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 18 to fill out a candidate questionnaire. SACE Action Fund only received a response from the Democratic Party candidate, Bryan Goldberg, and did not receive a response from Republican candidate, Elaine Davis. 

In this blog post, we examine the policies and positions of Bryan Goldberg, the Democratic Party candidate running for election to represent Tennessee House District 18 in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Also in this series, we profile Republican candidate Elaine Davis.

Election Day is November 5, 2024.

Bryan Goldberg moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to study Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. After graduating, he pursued a career in disaster restoration and now manages the Knoxville office of BELFOR Property Restoration. Goldberg served as President of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance from 2020 to the end of 2023. 

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

In his answer to the SACE Action Fund questionnaire, Bryan Goldberg stated, “State government should take an active role in incentivizing growth in the green power industry. Each area of our state has unique qualities that can be used to produce power, but sometimes, private development needs government assistance to get started. Once again, the State should get on and stay on this path.”

On the subject of local governments setting community goals for renewable energy, Bryan Goldberg shared, “If a city decides to set a goal for renewable energy, it will produce jobs, a cleaner city and more thoughtful development.”

Climate Change

When asked his position on human induced climate change, Bryan Goldberg answered, “I firmly believe that humans are the leading cause of climate change. Not to mention that global deforestation handicaps the Earth’s capacity to absorb CO2 and combat the effects of rising CO2 levels. Finally, while I can appreciate Earth’s historic long term global climate changes which are determined by forces that act over millennia, we have little to no ability to measure or quantify that. What we do have the ability to scientifically prove are the rises in the gases and chemicals that we produce and their overall growth in the atmospheric makeup of our planet.”

Voting Information 

Election Day is November 5. Here are important dates and deadlines to consider, from the Tennessee Secretary of State:

• Aug. 7, 2024: First day to make an absentee ballot request
• Oct. 7, 2024: Voter registration deadline 
• Oct. 16, 2024: In-person early voting begins
• Oct. 29, 2024: Absentee ballot request deadline
• Oct. 31, 2024: In-person early voting ends 
• Nov. 5, 2024: General Election Day 
• Nov. 5, 2024: Absentee ballot return deadline 

For more information about being a Tennessee voter, including registering, finding your polling place, and requesting an absentee ballot, visit proudvoter.org.

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