Tennessee 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: Tennessee 2017 General Election

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Tennessee
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	6,375,431	(2.06% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	11	(2.04% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
Capital:	Nashville

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Tennessee State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Republican	Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr. • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - 26 September 2017: "After much thought, consideration and family discussion ... I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires ...."
	Candidate list (9)

		Democratic		Billy Bailey • FEC S8TN00329
		Democratic		former Governor Philip N. "Phil" Bredesen • FEC S8TN00386
		Democratic		Lynnette Williams • FEC S8TN00378

		Republican		Congressman Marsha Blackburn • CD 7. 4 October 2017: Running for the Class 1 Senate Seat in 2018. • FEC S8TN00337
		Republican		Larry R. Crim • FEC S2TN00223
		Republican		former Congressman Stephen Lee Fincher • First elected to the U.S. House: 2010; re-elected: 2012, 2014. Was not a candidate for re-election in 2016. • FEC S8TN00352; 30 Sep 17; Tot $7,874; Dsb $57,501
		Republican		Steven David Hughes • FEC S8TN00345
		Republican		Aaron Pettigrew
		Republican		Rolando Toyos • FEC S8TN00360

Class 2		Republican	Senator Lamar Alexander • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (1)

		*Republican*		*Senator Lamar Alexander* • FEC S2TN00058

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

		Republican	Governor William "Bill" Haslam • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair
	Candidate list (9)

		Democratic		former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean
		Democratic		state Representative Craig Fitzhugh

		Republican		state Senator Mae Beavers
		Republican		Congressman Diane Lynn Black • 2 August 2017: Running for Governor in 2018.
		Republican		Randy Boyd
		Republican		Mark "Coonrippy" Brown
		Republican		state Representative Beth Harwell
		Republican		Bill Lee
		Republican		Kay White

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Republican (4 Undetermined, 3 Open); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman David Philip "Phil" Roe • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Martin Olsen • FEC H8TN01079; 30 Sep 17; Tot $14,994; Dsb $1,804

		Republican		Todd Allen McKinley • FEC H8TN01087; 30 Sep 17; Tot $3,291; Dsb $2,861
		*Republican*		*Congressman David Philip "Phil" Roe* • FEC H6TN01388; 30 Sep 17; Tot $123,750; Dsb $117,754

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. • First elected in a special election (re: to fill the vacancy seat following the death of his father, John J. Duncan) and in a concurrent regular election to a full term: 8 November 1988 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - 31 July 2017: Announced that he would not seek re-election.
	Candidate list (9) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Renee Hoyos • FEC H8TN02176; 30 Sep 17; Tot $4,607; Dsb $1,337
		Democratic		Joshua Williams • FEC H8TN02101; 30 Sep 17; Tot $40,802; Dsb $38,177

		Republican		Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett • FEC H8TN02119; 30 Sep 17; Tot $140,802; Dsb $27,125
		Republican		Jason Emert • FEC H8TN02200
		Republican		Brad Fullington • FEC H8TN02135
		Republican		state Representative James Lloyd "Jimmy" Matlock • FEC H8TN02127; 30 Sep 17; Tot $167,545; Dsb $15,833
		Republican		Vito Anthony Sagliano • FEC H8TN02168; 30 Sep 17; Tot $5,605; Dsb $4,192
		Republican		Marc Robert Whitmire • FEC H8TN02184

		Libertarian		William Gregory "Greg" Samples • FEC H8TN02192

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Danielle Mitchell • FEC H8TN03208; 30 Sep 17; Tot $29,288; Dsb $4,808
		Democratic		Harold Elwood Shevlin • FEC H8TN03190

		*Republican*		*Congressman Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann* • FEC H0TN03254; 30 Sep 17; Tot $480,958; Dsb $113,918

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Scott Eugene DesJarlais • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Mariah Nicole Phillips • FEC H8TN04099; 30 Sep 17; Tot $97,663; Dsb $44,881
		Democratic		Steven Doyle Reynolds • FEC H6TN04200

		*Republican*		*Congressman Scott Eugene DesJarlais* • FEC H0TN04195; 30 Sep 17; Tot $206,925; Dsb $84,092
		Republican		David Jackson "Jack" Maddux • FEC H8TN04081; 30 Sep 17; Tot $4,017; Dsb $2,236

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper* • FEC H2TN05131; 30 Sep 17; Tot $209,774; Dsb $194,184

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Diane Lynn Black • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - 2 August 2017: Running for Governor in 2018.
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Republican		state Representative Judd Matheny • FEC H8TN06086; 30 Sep 17; Tot $166,544; Dsb $62,458
		Republican		Christopher Brian Monday • FEC H8TN06078
		Republican		John W. Rose • FEC H8TN06094; 30 Sep 17; Tot $542,450; Dsb $74,421

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 7		Republican	Congressman Marsha Blackburn • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - 4 October 2017: Running for the Class 1 Senate Seat in 2018.
	Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Justin Kanew • FEC H8TN07068; 30 Sep 17; Tot $105,429; Dsb $27,990
		Democratic		Joshua "Josh" Penfold • FEC H8TN07092
		Democratic		Matt Reel

		Republican		state Senator Mark Green • 7 April 2017: Nominated for Secretary of the Army in the Trump Administration. 5 May 2017: Withdrew his nomination for Secretary of the Army. 9 May 2017: Possible candidate for Governor in 2018. 2 June 2017: Not running for Governor. 5 October 2017: Running for Congress in CD 7. • FEC H8TN07076
		Republican		Lenny Ladner

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Congressman David Kustoff • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		John Burke Boatner, Jr. • FEC H8TN08108

		*Republican*		*Congressman David Kustoff* • FEC H2TN07103; 30 Sep 17; Tot $685,548; Dsb $208,076

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 9		Democratic	Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen* • FEC H6TN09068; 30 Sep 17; Tot $152,603; Dsb $95,311
		Democratic		Kasandra Lee Smith • FEC H8TN09106

		Independent		Nicholas Brent Mantanona • FEC H6TN09431; 30 Jun 17; Tot $3,500; Dsb $3,500

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 19 candidates
	• Republican: 10 incumbents, 31 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.