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Allan Creasy
Allan Creasy (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 97. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2020.
Creasy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Creasy earned a degree in history from the University of Memphis in 2004. His professional experience includes restaurant management and bartending.[1][1]
Elections
2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97
John Gillespie defeated Gabby Salinas in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Gillespie (R)  | 50.8 | 14,712 |
 | Gabby Salinas (D) | 49.2 | 14,246 | |
| Total votes: 28,958 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97
Gabby Salinas defeated Ruby Powell-Dennis, Allan Creasy, and Clifford Stockton III in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gabby Salinas | 51.3 | 2,460 |
 | Ruby Powell-Dennis | 25.9 | 1,241 | |
 | Allan Creasy | 13.9 | 665 | |
 | Clifford Stockton III | 9.0 | 432 | |
| Total votes: 4,798 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97
John Gillespie defeated Brandon Weise in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Gillespie | 78.2 | 3,628 |
| Brandon Weise | 21.8 | 1,009 | ||
| Total votes: 4,637 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Creasy's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
2018
General election
Incumbent Jim Coley defeated Allan Creasy in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Coley (R) | 54.9 | 12,386 |
| Allan Creasy (D) | 45.1 | 10,163 | |
| Total votes: 22,549 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Allan Creasy advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 on August 2, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Allan Creasy | 100.0 | 3,825 |
| Total votes: 3,825 | |||
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Republican primary election
Incumbent Jim Coley advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 on August 2, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Coley | 100.0 | 6,664 |
| Total votes: 6,664 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
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2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Allan Creasy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Creasy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Expand Medicaid
- Defend Public School
- Access to Fair Lending
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2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
People from all walks of life need to be represented in our government. People who work for a living are under represented among our elected officials, and need an advocate that is willing to listen to their concerns and fight for their needs. My job as a bartender helped me see the need for fair representation in local and state government. In the restaurant industry you have folks from all walks of life working shoulder to shoulder. You have to learn to work with and serve people and you have your eyes open to many different opinions and ways of life. When both coworkers and customers talk to me about their problems, I always want to help fix them. A kind word can go far, but a local government that is serving people's needs more fully would go much farther. Is there anything you would like to add? We need more progressive candidates. I’m ready to do the work. I started out as a volunteer that just wanted to knock on doors for candidates I believed in. I know it's unusual for someone of my vocation to be running for office. While I respect the legal and business communities, I think we need people from all walks of life representing voters in state government.[2] |
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| —Allan Creasy[1] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on June 11, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
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