George Ryan Love
› Office sought: Mayor › PARTY: DEMOCRAT
› Previous public office experience:
I ran for Congress in 2016 in the Democratic primary, and for Hamilton County mayor in 2018 in the Democratic primary
› Why should voters choose you?
I hold a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in education. I have Spanish medical interpreter training. I am also disabled and work for Sodexo as a cashier. I believe the people closest to the pain should be closest to the policy. I have the education and know what poverty feels like. I am an essential worker and will fight for essential workers of all demographics.
› Biggest challenge facing the office you seek?
There were many housing and food insecure before the pandemic. Now, it’s worse. Many have no home or food. We need COVID-19 testing and shots for everyone and to provide shelter and food for everyone.
› How will you address this challenge?
I will give no tax breaks to the wealthy. We will give no more public dollars to any program or contractor that does not provide assistance to the needy. If we can eat it, we don’t need it.
› What policy position of yours might surprise people?
I want to call out and punish companies that teach people not to unionize and mistreat the injured employees like Wal-Mart. I speak from experience. I want to call out employers who punish employees who speak out. Again, I speak from experience.
› What past or current public servant do you most admire?
I admire Bernie Sanders. He fought for labor rights and ran two campaigns for president on public donations and took on the political and corporate establishment twice like I did. He fought to get our stimulus money and other benefits. He fought to save our Social Security from Democratic and Republican lawmakers under the Obama administration. His platform is just like mine. He is my political hero, and if elected I want his picture in my office, too. Feel the Bern! Join the Love Revolution!
› Campaign office address: 1201 Boynton Dr. Apt 202 Chattanooga, TN 37402 › Campaign office phone: 423-355-9071 › Campaign office email: 1201 Boynton Dr. Apt. 202 Chattanooga, TN 37402 › Campaign office website: ryanlove833@ wixsite.site › Campaign Facebook: George Ryan Love for Chattanooga Mayor › Campaign Twitter: Ryan Love for Mayor › Campaign Instagram: › Phone: 423-355-9071 › Age on Election Day: 42 › Occupation: Cashier › Employer: Sodexo › Education: Red Bank High School, class of 1996, studied Spanish for four years; University of Tennessee at Knoxville, class of 2000, Bachelor of Arts degree in political sciences, studied Spanish three years; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, class of 2005, master’s degree in secondary education with a concentration in English, master’s thesis: “Acculturation of the Hispanic Family;” Study Abroad in Mexico at La Universidad Internacional, Cuernavaca, Morales, Mexico, sponsored by Austin Peay University in 2003. › Family: Mother Marilyn Love, father George Mathew Love (deceased), brothers James Mathew Love and Andrew Stephen Love, grandfather George Loyd Cordell ( Pfc. U.S. Army, retired, 1941 to 1945) › Neighborhood of residence: Golden Gateway › Civic involvement: Renaissance Presbyterian Church; Chattanooga Labor Council; Black Lives Matter. › Quote or saying I live by: “He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” — Proverbs 14:31. “A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.” — Proverbs 17:23. This will be the cornerstone of my administration.