Life ain’t fair.
But it’s not supposed to be rigged.
Joshua Sales is a teacher, a veteran, and a neighbor running for Congress to un-rig a system written by people who will never have to live with the consequences.
Grassroots · No Corporate PAC Money · No Billionaire Donors · Just the People“For most of us, the story is the same — we did everything we were told to do. Studied hard. Went to a good school or went straight into working a good job. Worked hard. We obey the laws. And yet, somehow, as the billionaires keep making more and more money, the rest of us seem to be shrinking lower and lower. Something’s got to give. I think it should be the billionaire’s overseas bank accounts.”— Joshua Sales · Sales for Congress 2026
Zero town halls vs. fifty.
Their side vs. yours.
12 bills. 12 months.
A complete first term.
Joshua Warren Sales enters Congress with twelve fully funded, legally architected bills — one for every month of his first term. All twelve are self-financing. None raise taxes on working families. Every dollar comes from the corporations and billionaires each bill is designed to constrain. Not Republican vs. Democrat. Billionaire vs. Working Class.
A Tennessean by choice,
which he believes is the more deliberate kind.
A Tennessean by choice.
Joshua grew up in Live Oak, California — in a red county that Washington forgot, where community was what you made it because nobody was coming to make it for you. When he moved to Tennessee, he recognized something: the people of TN-7 aren’t so different from the people he grew up around. The distance is just geography.
He joined the Army, trained for EOD, earned an honorable discharge. He made his way to Knoxville — he’ll tell you it started because of a girl and ended because of the state itself. He fell in love with the Smoky Mountains, with summer nights when the fireflies started moving across the yard. He stayed. He built a life. He became a Tennessean.
Cheatham County, TN
Joshua lives in Cheatham County with his wife Rebecca. It’s the kind of place where the power goes out in the smallest of wind storms and the neighbors check on each other without being asked.
He chose Tennessee. He believes that’s the more deliberate kind of belonging.
U.S. Army · Honorable Discharge
Joshua signed up for the Army out of high school and trained for EOD — Explosive Ordnance Disposal. A medical setback earned him an honorable discharge before his service was complete. He doesn’t talk about it much. He doesn’t think it makes him special.
He thinks it makes him someone who understands what it means to show up anyway.
University of Tennessee · Summa Cum Laude
Joshua worked his way from waiting tables to restaurant manager while earning his degree at the University of Tennessee, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He used the GI Bill, scholarships, and a full-time job — and still left with student loan debt.
He tells his students that story. He wants them to know the math is hard and that doing it anyway is the whole point.
AP English Teacher · Davidson County
Joshua teaches AP English Language and Composition in Davidson County, working with students from underserved communities in North Nashville. He has sent students to Yale, MIT, and Dartmouth.
He keeps a Costco-sized box of Cheez-Its in his classroom for the kids who come in hungry. The alternative is watching a child try to learn on an empty stomach, and that is not something Joshua Sales is willing to do.
50 town halls. 8 counties.
Every seat at the table.
Not the people on the invite list. Not the people who already agree. Everyone. Republican and Democrat. The door is open. It always will be.
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The working class agenda,
in plain English.
Twelve fully funded bills. Every one self-financing. The Sales Plan for the details.
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