Michelle Foreman

Michelle Foreman talks to a group of supporters at her campaign kickoff on June 3, 2026, in Franklin, Tenn. 

 Photo: Hamilton Matthew Masters

Michelle Foreman is challenging District 65 Rep. Lee Reeves (R-Franklin) for the Republican nomination, alleging that his focus has been on “special interest groups.”

Foreman said that her top legislative priorities include supporting a school voucher transparency bill, though efforts by both Republicans and Democrats failed this year. Reeves supported the school voucher program championed by Gov. Bill Lee in 2025. 

Reeves received an influx of “dark money” campaign donations during the 2024 election that helped him win the Republican nomination, defeating both Foreman and Williamson County Commissioner Brian Beathard.

Foreman also ran an unsuccessful 2022 campaign for the District 59 seat, and a 2019 District 35 Nashville Metro Council seat, both of which saw Foreman become the subject of lawsuits. 

She kicked off her campaign at a June 3 event at the Westhaven clubhouse just half a mile from Reeves’ home, seeing support from about 25 people, including Fairview Mayor Lisa Anderson and former Williamson County Sheriff Ricky Headley.

Foreman said that she also supports failed legislation from retiring District 32 Rep. Monty Fritts (R-Kingston) and the Republican gubernatorial candidate regarding annexation related to what she called “uncontrolled growth.”

“There's a lot of work that he [Fritts] tried to do that I will pick up at this time, and I will run with that, because that's not OK,” Foreman said, adding, “I thought we had taken care of chemtrails,” a nod to 2024 legislation sponsored by Fritts targeting “geoengineering.”

Earlier this year Fritts supported Republican legislation that would have classified abortion as homicide and could have seen women who underwent abortions face prison time or potentially the death penalty. Foreman said that the bill, which failed in a subcommittee, “goes too far.”

She also voiced support for addressing issues with the Department of Child Services and criticized legislation passed by Reeves and Sen. Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) related to elections and the ongoing debate among Republicans about caucuses and primaries.

“I think probably the biggest challenge [in this race] is going to be that out of state PAC money, the special interest money that comes in, because they flood the mailbox with messaging, and a lot of times that messaging is not true,” she told the Williamson Scene. 

She added that in her view, Reeves has “not shown a real interest in serving, serving the electorate, meeting with them, asking questions, really wanting to do what they want, as opposed to those special interest groups.”