2020 Election Roundup

from Nashville Bar Journal | February/March 2021

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

2020 saw Tennesseans vote in both local and national elections. In Davidson County, unopposed TN House of Reps were elected as follows, Representatives Bo Mitchell of District 50, Bill Beck of District 51, Jason Powell of District 53, Vincent Dixie of District 54, John Ray Clemmons of District 55, Harold Love of District 58, Jason Potts of District 59, and Darren Jernigan of District 60 ran unopposed and were elected to their respective seats. In District 52, Mike Stewart defeated Donna Tees, and in District 56, Bob Freeman defeated Diane Canada.

In Williamson County, incumbent Brandon Ogles retained his seat as Representative in District 61. Glen Casada retained his seat in District 63, as did Sam Whitson in District 65.

However, there were some notable shifts in incumbent representatives in other counties in the mid-state. In Wilson County, Clark Boyd ran unopposed in District 46 and incumbent Susan Lynn defeated Tom Sottek in District 57. In Sumner County, incumbent Terri Lynn Weaver defeated Paddy Sizemore in District 40, and William Lamberth ran unopposed in District 44, as did Johnny Garrett in District 45. In Robertson County, Sabi Kumar defeated Jennifer Foley in District 66. Lastly, in Rutherford County, Tim Rudd defeated Mary Vaughn in District 34, Charlies Baum defeated Mariah Phillips in District 37, Bryan Terry defeated Matt Ferry in District 48, and Mike Sparks defeated Brandon Thomas in District 49.

On the Senate side of the Tennessee General Assembly, Senator Dawn White was reelected to represent portions of Rutherford County, including LaVergne, Smyrna and part of Murfreesboro. Senator Shane Reeves was elected to represent the remainder of Rutherford County. In Wilson County, Senator Mark Pody won reelection. Turning to the Davidson County delegation, Senator Ferrell Haile of District 18 was reelected to his seat. In District 20, Senator Heidi Campbell defeated incumbent Steve Dickerson.

Tennesseans elected Bill Hagerty for Tennessee’s open seat in the US Senate, replacing retiring Senator Lamar Alexander; Representatives Scott DesJarlais of District 4 (Rutherford and Bedford counties, half of Maury county, and other counties in southern Middle Tennessee); Jim Cooper of District 5 (Davidson and Dickson counties, and half of Cheatham County); John Rose of District 6 (Robertson, Sumner, and Wilson counties, half of Chetham County, and other counties in northern Middle Tennessee); and Mark Green of District 7 (Montgomery, Hickman, and Williamson counties, half of Maury county, and other counties in Middle and West

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