Alan Bohms

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Alan Bohms

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Alan Bohms was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Tennessee.

Elections

2016

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Phil Roe (R) defeated Alan Bohms (D) and Robert Franklin (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Roe defeated Clint Tribble in the Republican primary on August 4, 2016.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Phil Roe Incumbent	78.4%	198,293
	Democratic	Alan Bohms	15.4%	39,024
	Independent	Robert Franklin	6.2%	15,702
	N/A	Write-in	0%	6
Total Votes				253,025
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Phil Roe Incumbent	82.2%	35,350
Clint Tribble	17.8%	7,673
Total Votes		43,023
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Bohms' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Constitutional Rights: I am going to attempt to lump many issues into one answer. Maybe it's because I'm simple minded. I believe that LGBT rights, women's rights, civil rights, senior rights, abortion rights, workers rights, equal rights, etc... all fall under one issue, human rights. The government tends to be a bully in many of these cases. No matter what my personal opinion may be on some of these, I believe that all people should have the same basic rights equally. Political Reform: We should not be elected based on the amount of money we have to spend on an election. After all, because one Candidate has $500,000 to spend and the other only has $2,000, does that make the wealthier Candidate the better man for the job? It definitely means he is less in tune with the needs of the working class. In a democracy we should have the right to elect people on their ideas. 2nd Amendment Rights: I understand this may not be the same opinion of most Liberals. But that is very confusing to me. If your beliefs are that the government shouldn't impede on our rights, then why does that apply to everything but our gun rights? I grew up in a house that had firearms and my family or myself never robbed of murdered anyone. I don't believe all law-abiding gun owners should be lumped in with the reckless abusers.	”
—Alan Bohms' campaign website, http://alan-bohms.ruck.us/

Recent news

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
• Tennessee's 1st Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
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Footnotes

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (1)

Vacancies (1)