The most important thing Tennessee’s state and higher education employees can do to impact their future positively is vote for candidates that support TSEA and state employees. We are grateful to all the state and higher education employees who voted to support our TEAM PAC-endorsed candidates during the 2022 election cycle.
This year, TEAM PAC endorsed a total of 108 candidates (16 in the Senate and 92 in the House), 106 of whom were victorious on Election Day (16 Senate, 90 House), giving us an overall success rate of 98 percent. It is also worth noting that 12 of the TEAM PAC endorsements were in open seats, i.e., there was no incumbent, and all 12 were elected. This was a great result for state and higher education employees as we look forward to working with the 113th General Assembly, which convenes at Noon (CST) on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Congratulations to all our endorsed candidates who won their races.
Congratulations TEAM-PAC endorsed candidate winners!
Senate
District/Candidate
1 Adam Lowe
3 Rusty Crowe
5 Randy McNally
7 Richard Briggs
9 Steve Southerland
11 Bo Watson
15 Paul Bailey
17 Mark Pody
19 Charlane Oliver
21 Jeff Yarbro
23 Kerry Roberts
25 Ed Jackson
27 Jack Johnson
29 Raumesh Akbari
31 Brent Taylor
33 London Lamar
House
District/Candidate
1 John Crawford
2 Bud Hulsey
3 Scotty Campbell
4 John Holsclaw
5 David Hawk
6 Tim Hicks
7 Rebecca K. Alexander
8 Jerome Moon
9 Gary Hicks
10 Rick Eldridge
11 Jeremy Faison
12 Dale Carr
14 Jason Zachary
15 Sam McKenzie
16 Michele Carringer
17 Andrew Farmer
18 Elaine Davis
19 Dave Wright
21 Lowell Russell
22 Dan Howell
23 Mark Cochran
24 Kevin Raper
25 Cameron Sexton
27 Patsy Hazlewood
28 Yusuf Hakeem
29 Greg Vital
30 Esther Helton
31 Ron Travis
32 Monty Fritts
33 John Ragan
34 Tim Rudd
35 William Slater
36 Dennis Powers
37 Charlie Baum
38 Kelly Keisling
39 Iris Rudder
42 Ryan Williams
43 Paul Sherrell
44 William Lamberth
45 Johnny Garrett
46 Clark Boyd
47 Rush Bricken
48 Bryan Terry
49 Mike Sparks
50 Bo Mitchell
51 Bill Beck
52 Justin Jones
53 Jason Powell
54 Vincent Dixie
55 John Ray Clemmons
56 Bob Freeman
57 Susan Lynn
58 Harold Love, Jr.
59 Caleb Hemmer
60 Darren Jernigan
62 Pat Marsh
64 Scott Cepicky
65 Sam Whitson
66 Sabi (Doc) Kumar
68 Curtis Johnson
69 Jody Barrett
70 Clay Doggett
71 Kip Capley
72 Kirk Haston
73 Chris Todd
74 Jay Reedy
76 Tandy Darby
77 Rusty Grills
78 Mary Littleton
79 Brock Martin
80 Johnny Shaw
81 Debra Moody
82 Chris Hurt
83 Mark White
84 Joe Towns, Jr
85 Jesse Chism
86 Barbara Cooper
87 Karen Camper
88 Larry Miller
89 Justin Lafferty
90 Gloria Johnson
91 Torrey Harris
92 Todd Warner
93 G. A. Hardaway
94 Ron Gant
95 Kevin Vaughan
96 Dwayne Thompson
97 John Gillespie
98 Antonio Parkinson
99 Tom Leatherwood
We look forward to working on important state employee issues and concerns with the incoming general assembly.
(Election results data based on unofficial results from TN Secretary of State’s website, accessed on Nov. 9, 2022, https://www.elections.tn.gov/results.php )
TEAM-PAC endorses candidates based on recommendations from state employee members at the chapter level. Our endorsement recommendations come from previous interviews between TSEA state employee members and the candidate, or a candidate’s voting record supporting state employee issues.
If you have any questions about the endorsement process, please call Terry Carroll at the TSEA office 615-256-4533 or you can reach Terry by email at [email protected].