2022 Tennessee Senate Election
Elections for 17 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 8, 2022. The election was concurrent with the Governor, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary election was held on August 4, 2022. Retirements Republicans * District 9: Mike Bell retired. * District 31: Brian Kelsey retired. Democrats *District 19: Brenda Gilmore retired. Predictions Results summary Overview District 1 The incumbent is Republican Mike Bell , who was redistricted from the 9th district, where he won with 77.7% of the vote against Democrat, Carl Lansden. Bell announced his retirement from the Senate. Democratic primary Candidates =Declared= *Patricia Waters Republican primary Candidates Declared * Mark Hall, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 24th district. *J. Adam Lowe, Conservative talk radio host, candidate for Tennessee Senate in 2014, candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives in 2014, Vice Chairman of the Br ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee State Senate
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee , Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue regarding the state, country, or world. The Senate also has the power to create and enforce its own rules and qualifications for its members. The Senate shares these powers with the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Senate alone has the power to host impeachment proceeding and remove impeached members of office with a 2/3 majority. The Tennessee Senate, according to the Tennessee State Constitution, state constitution of 1870, is composed of 33 members, one-third the size of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Senators are to be elected from districts of substantially equal population. According to the Tennessee constitution, a county is not to be joined to a portion of another county for purposes of creating a district; thi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee Senate
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue regarding the state, country, or world. The Senate also has the power to create and enforce its own rules and qualifications for its members. The Senate shares these powers with the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Senate alone has the power to host impeachment proceeding and remove impeached members of office with a 2/3 majority. The Tennessee Senate, according to the state constitution of 1870, is composed of 33 members, one-third the size of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Senators are to be elected from districts of substantially equal population. According to the Tennessee constitution, a county is not to be joined to a portion of another county for purposes of creating a district; this provision has been overridden by th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dawn White
Dawn White (born October 22, 1975) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 13th district. She was formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 37. White was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2018, filling the seat vacated by Bill Ketron. Education White earned her BS in early childhood education and her MEd from Middle Tennessee State University. Elections *2012 When District 37 Democratic Representative Bill Harmon retired and left the seat open, White won the August 2, 2012 Republican Primary with 3,035 votes (73.2%) and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 14,175 votes (63.2%) against Democratic nominee Robert New. References External linksOfficial pageat the Tennessee General AssemblyCampaign site*Dawn Whiteat BallotpediaDawn Whiteat OpenSecrets OpenSecrets is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that tracks data on campaign finance and lobbying. It wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee's 13th Senate District
Tennessee's 13th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Dawn White since 2018, succeeding fellow Republican Bill Ketron. Geography District 13 is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, including most of the city proper as well as Smyrna, Tennessee, Smyrna and La Vergne, Tennessee, La Vergne in western Rutherford County, Tennessee, Rutherford County. The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 34th, 37th, 48th, and 49th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Recent election results Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding elections in presidential years. 2018 2014 Federal and statewide results in District 13 References {{Tennessee State Senators Tennessee Sen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bo Watson
Foy W. "Bo" Watson (born October 21, 1960) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate, representing the 11th district since 2007. Biography Bo Watson was born on October 21, 1960 in Chattanooga, TN. He is the son of Doris Juanita (Hoppe) and Foy W. Watson, Jr. He is married to Nicole (nee Osborne) Watson, an attorney at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP. He has one son, Grey Watson. Education Watson graduated in 1979 from the Baylor School (a private school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee) where he was a state high school wrestling champion. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1983 with a B.A. in biology and received his education and training in physical therapy at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in Memphis, Tennessee. Religion Watson attends First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga. Career Watson has been a practicing physical therapist for over 30 years and he is cu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee's 11th Senate District
Tennessee's 11th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bo Watson since 2006. Geography District 11 is based in the northern suburbs of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, including some of the city proper as well as Soddy-Daisy, Collegedale, Middle Valley, Signal Mountain, Harrison, and part of Red Bank. The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis .... Recent election results Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts hold ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steve Southerland (Tennessee Politician)
Steve Southerland (born March 8, 1955) is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 1st district, which encompasses Cocke County, Greene County, Hamblen County, and part of Sevier County. Biography Early life Steve Southerland was born on March 8, 1955. He attended Walters State Community College. He became a mortgage broker. Career He was elected to the 103rd - 110th General Assemblies. He is Vice-Chair of the Senate Commerce, Labor and Agriculture Committee. He serves as a member of the Senate Transportation Committee, the Senate Environment, Conservation and Tourism Committee, the Senate Ethics Committee, and the Joint Fiscal Review Committee. He is currently the Senate Deputy Speaker, Republican Caucus Chaplain, and he has been appointed to the Financial Services Standing Committee of the National Conference on State Legislatures. In a March 2004 interview with ''The Tennessean'', Steve Southerland stated that he is against abortion and he does not be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Briggs
Richard Briggs (born 1952) is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 7th district, which encompasses part of Knox County. Early life Richard Briggs was born on December 7, 1952. He attended the University of Kentucky Medical School receiving his M.D. and then completed a surgical residency and cardiothoracic fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center. He served in war zones including Desert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq as a trauma surgeon. He retired from the army with the rank of colonel. Career Briggs was elected to the 109th General Assembly. He is currently Chairman of the Senate State and Local Government Committee. He serves as a member of the Senate Rules Committee and Senate Transportation & Safety Committee. Personal life Briggs has a wife, Stephanie. He is a Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee's 7th Senate District
Tennessee's 7th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Richard Briggs since his 2014 primary defeat of fellow Republican Stacey Campfield. Geography District 7 covers a gerrymandered swath of Knox County, including parts of downtown Knoxville as well as nearby suburbs such as Farragut. The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, and 89th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis .... Recent election results Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding ele ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rusty Crowe
Dewey "Rusty" Crowe (born April 2, 1947), is an American politician in the state of Tennessee. He is member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 3rd district, which encompasses Washington County, Unicoi County and Carter County. Crowe also serves as vice president of Shared Health Services in Johnson City, Tennessee and he is also President of Product Specialty Corporation of Franklin, Tennessee. Crowe was previously employed by East Tennessee State University from 1980 to 2003, last working with ETSU as an assistant dean in the continuing studies department. In February 2020, Crowe announced that he was running for Tennessee's 1st congressional district in the 2020 election. Crowe placed 3rd in the contest with approximately 16% of the vote. Early career Born in Johnson City, Tennessee, Crowe obtained a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from East Tennessee State University and a Juris Doctor from Atlanta Law School. From 1967 to 1971, he served in the U.S. Army ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee's 3rd Senate District
Tennessee's 3rd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rusty Crowe since 1990. Geography District 3 is based in Johnson City, the southernmost Tri-Cities, covering all of Unicoi and Washington Counties and most of Carter County. Other communities in the district include Elizabethton, Jonesborough, Erwin, Oak Grove, and Unicoi. The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives. It borders the state of North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So .... Recent election results Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee's 1st Senate District
Tennessee's 1st Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican J. Adam Lowe, Adam Lowe since 2023. Geography District 1 covers much of rural East Tennessee between Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, Tri-Cities, including all of Cocke County, Tennessee, Cocke, Greene County, Tennessee, Greene, and Hamblen County, Tennessee, Hamblen Counties and part of Sevier County, Tennessee, Sevier County. Communities in the district include Morristown, Tennessee, Morristown, Greeneville, Tennessee, Greeneville, Newport, Tennessee, Newport, Tusculum, Tennessee, Tusculum, Mosheim, Tennessee, Mosheim, and northern Sevierville, Tennessee, Sevierville. The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 5th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 17th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives. It borders the state of North Carolina. Recent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |