A dark money group has hit Rep. Jody Barrett, a Dickson Republican, with attack ads in the special election for the 7th Congressional District. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

A pro-private school voucher group that poured millions into 2024 Tennessee House races is setting its sights on a Republican in the 7th District Congressional special election.

A dark money group called the School Freedom Fund spent almost $20,000 in early August to oppose state Rep. Jody Barrett, a Dickson Republican. Last year, the School Freedom Fund spent more than $3.1 million in state legislative races to boost candidates who backed Gov. Bill Lee’s private school voucher program.

The spending paid off when the legislation narrowly passed the state House at the start of 2025. Barrett vocally oppose

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