Justin J. Pearson

American politician (born 1995)

U.S. House — TN-09DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-NJS-ZKDG FEC H6TN09449

Running for U.S. House, TN-09, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/justin-j-pearson

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · commons.wikimedia.org

Justin J. Pearson — Photo — Photo · TrentBenge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Justin J. Pearson — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from TrentBenge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

Races

2026 · U.S. House, TN-09 · General · Democratic · on the ballot
2023 · State House / Assembly, TN District 86 · Special · Democratic · won · 2,439 votes (94.0%) · source
2023 · State House / Assembly, TN District 86 · Special primary · Democratic · won · 2,210 votes (94.7%) · source

Background

Justin Jamal Pearson is an American activist and politician. He is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district, covering parts of the city of Memphis.

He was elected in a January 2023 special election to succeed Barbara Cooper, who was posthumously re-elected in the November 2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election after dying in October 2022. When he was sworn into office at the age of 28, Pearson became the third youngest lawmaker serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-27 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_J._Pearson

Campaign finance

$2,344,947total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,500,214total spent (2026 cycle)

$844,733cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-07-17 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

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Sources

Portrait — TrentBenge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-27 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_J._Pearson
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116739449
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6TN09449/
photo_headshot — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_J._Pearson_at_the_White_House.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_J_Pearson_August_2023.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_Pearson_at_the_White_House_on_April_24,_2023_-_P20230424AS-1247_(cropped).jpg

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