Eddie Mannis (born April 14, 1959) is an American politician, who was elected to the

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in 2020."Mannis wins race for Tennessee State House District 18"

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, November 3, 2020. He represented the 18th House District as a member of the Tennessee Republican Party. Mannis, a businessman from Knoxville, previously ran for mayor of the city in the 2019 Knoxville mayoral election, winning the first round but losing the runoff to Indya Kincannon. His victory in the 2020 Republican state house primaries was initially challenged by candidate Gina Oster on the grounds that Mannis had voted in the

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, but was upheld after Mannis affirmed that he is a moderate Republican and voted crossover solely to prevent

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from becoming the Democratic nominee. Alongside

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state representatives elected in Tennessee.Hannah McDonald
"Harris, Mannis make history as first LGBTQ legislators elected to Tennessee House"

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, November 4, 2020.

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