John Mark Windle (born May 21, 1962 in

Cookeville, Tennessee Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller ...

) is an American politician and an Independent member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 41 since January 1991. In 2022, Windle filed to run as an independent after serving as a Democratic representative for nearly three decades, but lost re-election to Republican Ed Butler.

Education

Windle earned his BS in finance from the

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and his JD from the

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Elections

*1990s Windle was initially elected in the November 6, 1990 General election and re-elected in the November 3, 1992 and November 8, 1994 elections. *1996 Windle was unopposed for both the 1996 Democratic Primary and the November 5, 1996 General election. *1998 Windle was unopposed for both the August 6, 1998 Democratic Primary, winning with 14,062 votes, and the November 3, 1998 General election, winning with 6,111 votes. *2000 Windle was unopposed for both the August 3, 2000 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,051 votes, and the November 7, 2000 General election, winning with 14,650 votes. *2002 Windle was unopposed for both the August 1, 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 9,346 votes, and the November 5, 2002 General election, winning with 13,217 votes. *2004 Windle was unopposed for both the August 5, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,468 votes, and the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 17,615 votes. *2006 Windle was unopposed for both the August 3, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 8,177 votes, and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 14,062 votes. *2008 Windle was challenged in the August 7, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 4,643 votes (92.3%), and was unopposed for the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 17,025 votes. *2010 Windle was unopposed for the August 5, 2010 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,875 votes, and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 8,701 votes (64.1%) against Republican nominee Patrick McCurdy. *2012 Windle was unopposed for the August 2, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,147 votes, and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 12,785 votes (61.7%) against

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nominee Bobby Stewart. *2014 Windle was unopposed for both the August 7, 2014 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,283 votes, and the November 4, 2014 General election, winning with 9,237 votes.

References

External links

Official page
at the Tennessee General Assembly *
John Windle
at Ballotpedia
John Mark Windle
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