Misam Abidi

Misam Abidi is a candidate for Governor Tennessee Primary Election in 2026 in Statewide, Tennessee.

Businessman in Nolensville, TN

Also running: Marsha Blackburn, Monty Fritts, John Rose, Carnita Atwater, Tim Cyr, Jerri Green, Adam "ditch" Kurtz, Kevin Lee Mccants, Dean Brewer, Ray Brown, David Hatley, Wendell Jackson, Charles Van Morgan, Eddie Lee Murphy, Lauren Pinkston, Victor L. Scoggin, Dave Seeman, Karl Knox Smithson, L. Webb Taylor, Robert C. Vick.

Misam Abidi, an Independent candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 2026, is a Pakistani-American businessman. He moved to the U.S. as a teenager in 1997 and has since worked across retail, banking, and emerging technologies. Abidi's platform is centered on a proposed "Tennessee Dividend Fund," advocating for workforce skills mandates in K-12 education, and reducing regulatory burdens. He believes every Tennessee student should graduate "with at least one real, usable skill" and champions financial-literacy education to prevent the need for credit repair.