Day One Priority
West Tennessee Farmers
Tariffs and thin margins are squeezing row-crop families from Gibson County to Haywood County. Farming here isn't a business line — it's a generational legacy. Relief and farm-focused policy come first.
Independent Candidate · U.S. House · Tennessee 8th
Putting West Tennessee First.
Retired U.S. Army officer. Cybersecurity professional. A lifetime West Tennessean running for the Farmers, Families, and Veterans of District 8 — with no party boss to answer to.
- VET
- Signal & Acquisition Corps
- TN-8
- Born & raised here
- IND
- No party to protect
Focus & Vision for District 8
Three urgent fights for West Tennessee.
Grounded in lived experience, not partisan talking points. Each one has a plan behind it — and a way for you to measure whether I delivered.
Personal to Me
Affordable Healthcare
I lost my mother to cancer when I was six, and my first wife at forty-five. I will not treat Healthcare like a talking point. No family in this district should be bankrupted by a diagnosis.
27 Years in Uniform
Service Members & Veterans
Veterans earned every benefit this nation promised. I'll be their advocate on budget day — not just on Veterans Day — with faster claims and real mental health access close to home.
Why I'm Running
This Is Personal
I grew up in a blended family of thirteen siblings. My father was a Methodist minister. My mother passed in 1968 from breast cancer — I was six, my baby sister was four. A loss like that never leaves you.
“I am not a career politician. I am a West Tennessean who has lived the issues that matter most to this district. I will not be boxed in by party loyalty — I am Independent, and independence is your greatest asset in Congress.”
Horace Taylor
Independent Candidate for Congress, Tennessee's 8th District
Read His Full StoryWhere Horace Stands
A platform built county by county.
Lowering Costs
Practical relief on groceries, housing, energy, and care.
Safe Communities
Enforcement now, prevention that holds for the long term.
Veterans
Faster benefits, real care, respect earned through service.
Jobs & Workforce
Training for careers that actually exist in West Tennessee.
Rural Tennessee
The same investment every other community takes for granted.
Accountable Government
Less waste, more transparency, results over politics.
The District
Twelve Counties. One Voice in Congress.
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District stretches from the Mississippi River to the Tennessee River — farm country, small towns, and the neighborhoods of Shelby County. Every one of these counties gets the same attention.
- Carroll County
- Chester County
- Crockett County
- Decatur County
- Fayette County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Tipton County
- Shelby County
On the Air
Hear Horace on the Air
Three messages about independent leadership, West Tennessee roots, and the issues families discuss around the kitchen table.
Independent Voice
0:34No party bosses or Washington agenda — a commitment to affordable living, accessible healthcare, safe communities, and responsible government.
From Here
0:34A message rooted in West Tennessee’s farms, small businesses, churches, families, and communities.
Kitchen Table
0:34A focus on the everyday cost pressures facing working families — from groceries and healthcare to opportunity and responsible spending.
Voice of the District
Paul DW says what a lot of us are thinking.
A West Tennessee singer-songwriter wrote a song about politicians who promise to drain the swamp and leave it deeper than they found it. It is exactly the kind of independent voice this campaign is built around.
Hear the Song“I wrote this because I'm tired of watching politicians promise the world, go to Washington, and leave the rest of us holding the bag. Independent leadership is the only kind that scares them.”
On the Trail
Meet Horace in your community.
Showing Up, Not Sending Mailers
This seat belongs to the people of West Tennessee.
Door to door, county fair to car show, Jackson to Collierville. Add your name and help carry this district.
Chip In
No corporate PACs. Just neighbors.
An Independent has no party machine writing checks. $25 puts yard signs on a block in Covington. $100 fuels a weekend of canvassing across two counties.