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1971:Brent Taylor
1944:Joey Hensley
1935:Jack Johnson
1908:John Stevens
1818:Shane Reeves
1746:Becky Massey
1728:Jon Lundberg
1701:J. Adam Lowe
1674:Jack Johnson
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1890:Bill Powers
1881:Jeff Yarbro
1827:Paul Bailey
1719:Rusty Crowe
1660:pro tempore
809:. Daily Kos
762:. Daily Kos
659:Tommy Burks
521:Independent
483:Paul Bailey
399:Paul Bailey
294:Paul Bailey
158:Paul Bailey
125:Multiracial
82:Paul Bailey
2056:Categories
2016:Democratic
2007:Republican
1917:Ed Jackson
1809:Dawn White
831:. CNalysis
677:References
663:Republican
561:Democratic
554:Republican
503:Democratic
476:Republican
437:Republican
419:Republican
392:Republican
377:Candidate
348:Republican
315:Democratic
287:Republican
272:Candidate
233:Gainesboro
209:Crossville
205:Cookeville
181:Cumberland
155:Republican
1980:Paul Rose
1962:Sara Kyle
1845:Mark Pody
1800:Ken Yager
1791:Bo Watson
1710:Art Swann
905:districts
623:President
607:President
591:President
197:Van Buren
171:Geography
145:Tennessee
103:91%
1658:Speaker
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656:Democrat
582:Results
229:Monterey
162:Democrat
123:3%
118:1%
115:Hispanic
113:4%
108:1%
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579:Office
540:45,959
510:10,263
489:33,674
456:27,171
426:12,577
405:13,141
334:66,431
322:17,512
301:48,919
185:Jackson
137:207,075
88:–
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2034:Senate
912:Senate
641:Corker
636:Senate
628:Romney
528:2,022
444:1,453
380:Votes
374:Party
275:Votes
269:Party
231:, and
225:Algood
213:Sparta
199:, and
189:Putnam
133:(2022)
90:Sparta
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619:2012
612:Trump
603:2016
596:Trump
587:2020
576:Year
559:from
513:22.3
494:73.3
429:46.3
410:48.4
325:26.4
306:73.6
193:Smith
120:Asian
110:Black
105:White
2009:(27)
863:2020
837:2021
815:2020
793:2020
768:2020
745:2020
723:2020
701:2020
557:gain
545:100
531:4.4
461:100
447:5.3
359:2014
351:hold
339:100
259:2018
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