Lenda Sherrell of Monteagle announced her decision to run for U.S. Congress in Tennessee’s fourth congressional district on Feb. 11 in Grundy and Rutherford counties. Sherrell told rooms packed full of enthusiastic supporters that she is running for Congress because “we can do better.”
“Now more than ever, our families need representatives in Washington that reflect their values and that can get things done,” Sherrell said. “There’s plenty of fighting going on in Washington, but rarely is it a battle on behalf of Tennessee families.”
Sherrell’s first campaign event took place in her home county of Grundy at the Grundy County Historical Society. The second event was at Pa Bunk’s, a locally owned organic market on the square in Murfreesboro. Speakers at the events included Roger Layne of Grundy County; Lenda’s husband, Jim Sherrell; Bedford County resident and farmer Jane Tucker; MTSU student Zach LeBlanc; and campaign treasurer Ted LaRoche.
In her kick-off speech, Sherrell said, “ My mom was a Republican, my dad a Democrat—but in my family we could have conversations around the kitchen table, disagree, and still get along because at the end of the day we were still family. Our communities are like a family, too—we can find solutions together if we decide to stop blaming others and focus on results.”
Sherrell was born, educated and has raised a family in middle Tennessee. The daughter of a rural letter carrier and a school teacher, she grew up in Pleasant Hills. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University. A certified public accountant, Sherrell has helped major hospitals and educational institutions with plans and budgets to serve their communities in a fiscally responsible and sustainable way.
She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Jim, a retired physician, for 46 years. She is the mother of two children who reside in Franklin and Chattanooga, and has four grandchildren.
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