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2022 Tennessee Elections
Tennessee state elections in 2022 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Partisan primary, Primary elections for the United States House of Representatives, Governor of Tennessee, governorship, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various Judge, judicial retention elections, including elections for all five Tennessee Supreme Court justices as well as general local elections, were held on August 4, 2022. There were also four constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee on the November 8 ballot. United States Congress House of Representatives Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts. Results Gubernatorial Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican governor Bill Lee (Tennessee politician), Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with almost 65% of the vote, improving on his performance from 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Tennessee Elections
Tennessee state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Partisan primary, Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various Judge, judicial retention elections, including the election of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, were held on August 1, 2024. Election schedule * Tuesday, March 5 (Super Tuesday) – 2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary, Democratic and 2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary, Republican presidential preference primaries and certain local government primary elections * Thursday, August 1 – partisan primary elections for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. senator, general elections for certain state judicial and local government offices * Tuesday, November 5 – general election for all state and federal legislative offices except fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be an incumbent on the ballot: the previous holder may have died, retired, resigned; they may not seek re-election, be barred from re-election due to term limits, or a new electoral division or position may have been created, at which point the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent on the ballot is an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Secretary Of State
The Tennessee Secretary of State is an office created by the Tennessee State Constitution. The Secretary of State is responsible for many of the administrative aspects of the operation of the state government of Tennessee. The current Secretary of State is Tre Hargett. Selection process According to the Tennessee Constitution of 1870, the Secretary of State is to be elected to a four-year term by the General Assembly in a joint convention. "Joint convention" means that the 99 state Representatives and 33 state Senators sit as a single body and cast individual votes. A majority of the 132 votes (67) is thus required for election. As this office is elected on a partisan basis, this means that the party having an overall majority of members in the two houses will elect its nominee secretary of state. Since Reconstruction, in Tennessee this invariably resulted in the secretary of state being a Democrat until 2009, when the Republicans gained the majority of seats in the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Write-in
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes, which count equally as if the person were formally listed on the ballot. Writing in a name that is not already on the election ballot is a permitted practice in the United States. However, some other jurisdictions have allowed this practice. In the United States, there are variations in laws governing write-in candidates, depending on the office (federal or local) and whether the election is a primary election or the general election; general practice is an empty field close by annotated to explain its purpose on the ballot if it applies. In five U.S. states there are no elections to which it can apply, under their present laws. Election laws are enacted by each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Windle
John Mark Windle (born May 21, 1962) is an American politician who is a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 41 from 1991 to 2023. 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 University of Tennessee and his JD from the University of Tennessee College of Law. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Democratic Party
The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in Tennessee. The party was founded in 1826 initially as the Jacksonian democracy, Jacksonian Party. The Tennessee Democratic Party was born out of President Andrew Jackson's populist philosophy of Jacksonian democracy in the mid to late-1820s. After Jackson left office, the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party struggled in the state as the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party would go on to be the dominant party in Tennessee until its collapse after the 1852 United States presidential election, 1852 Election. Prior to the American Civil War, Civil War, as a result of the collapse of the former Whig Party (United States), Whig Party, the Democratic Party became the dominant party in the state. After the war ended, the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party would be the dominant political party during Reconstruction era, Reconstruction, but onc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Republican Party
The Tennessee Republican Party (TRP or TNGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Tennessee. Since the mid-1960s, the state has become increasingly Republican. The current chairman of the Republican Party of Tennessee is Scott Golden. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Tennessee's nine U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate, the governorship, and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. History Upon its entry into the Union in 1796, Tennessee was strongly Democratic-Republican. Tennessee became a two-party system for more than 20 years during the Jacksonian era. The Democratic Party was formed by Jackson followers, and this party was dominant against the rival Whig Party led by Henry Clay. But in 1835, there was a turn in power of party, and a Whig governor was elected. Tennessee, after the American Civil War was part of the Democratic South for about a century. East Tennessee, however, remained stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Tennessee Senate Election
The 2022 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect 17 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 4, 2022. Following the 2022 elections, no seats changed hands, leaving Tennessee's State Senate delegation at a 27–6 Republican supermajority. Retirements Republicans *District 9: Mike Bell retired. * District 31: Brian Kelsey retired. Democrats * District 19: Brenda Gilmore retired. Predictions Results summary Overview District 1 Incumbent Republican Mike Bell was redistricted from the 9th district, where he won with 77.7% of the vote against Democrat Carl Lansden in 2018. Bell announced his retirement from the Senate. Republican Adam Lowe won the general election, succeeding Bell. Democratic primary Candidates =Declared= *Patricia Waters Republican primary Candidates Declared * Mark Hall, mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Marceaux
Basil Marceaux, Sr. (born May 26, 1952) is an American perennial candidate who has on multiple occasions run for state and federal public office in Tennessee. Most recently, he has filed as a candidate in the 2022 gubernatorial election as an independent and for the United States House of Representatives in Tennessee's 3rd congressional district in 2010. Owing in part to his unconventional viewpoints, his 2010 campaign for Governor became something of a media sensation. Marceaux previously ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the United States Senate and House of Representatives and ran unsuccessfully for Tennessee governor in 2002 as an independent candidate. Biography Marceaux was born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He received an associate's degree in business administration from Edmondson Junior College in Chattanooga, and served as a United States Marine. According to his website, he was in the Marines from 1971 to 1973, serving in Force Recon and rising to the rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
