As Tennesseans head to the polls for early voting, many say they're prioritizing candidates they believe will address everyday concerns rather than political talking points.

Asked to compare herself to incumbent Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Democratic challenger Jerri Green pointed to differences in fundraising, public education, healthcare, and affordability. Green says, " Vastly different. Because I don't take money from dark money donors and special interests. My special interests are my children and their future and the future of Tennessee. So I'll be focused on families first instead of corporations and billionaires. We won't be talkin about more data centers, more government overreach. We won't e talking about the basics of affordability and just saying "oh, whatever Donald Trump says is true and let's follow that". Instead it'll be, we need to end the grocery tax because people can't afford their groceries right now. We need to fully fund our public vhools because vouchers are failing our public school students and the ones getting the vouchers. We need to improve healthcare. I mean, we're facing 17 more rural hospital closures and we're already number 2 in the nation. So I'll be focusing on the things that impact everyday families and not worried about donors who write big checks."

Jerri Green's website:

GreenForGovernor.com

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