Poll: Education reform among top issues for likely voters in Tennessee governor race

A majority of Republicans and Democrats rank education reform as one of the most important issues Tennessee's next governor must address, according to a new poll of likely primary voters.

The State Collaborative on Reforming Education, a Tennessee education advocacy and research organization, released a survey Tuesday that showed Democrats and Republicans ranked education reform second and third in importance, respectively.

Democratic primary voters ranked health care affordability as the most important issue facing an incoming governor followed by education reform, and Republican primary voters ranked education reform, which tied with crime, just after the economy and health care.

Read more at our news partner's website, tennessean.com.

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