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Art Swann

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Art Swann
Image of Art Swann
Prior offices
Commissioner Blount County Commission

Tennessee House of Representatives District 8

Tennessee State Senate District 2
Successor: Tom Hatcher

Education

Bachelor's

University of Tennessee, Martin, 1975

Personal
Religion
Christian: Episcopalian
Contact

Art Swann (Republican Party) was a member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 2. He assumed office on December 1, 2017. He left office on November 5, 2024.

Swann (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 2. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Biography

Swann earned a B.S. from the University of Tennessee-Martin. He has previously worked as a forest product representative. Swann is a former Director of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, and was a Blount County Commissioner from 1978-1982.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Swann was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Swann was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Swann was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Tennessee committee assignments, 2017
Business and Utilities
Finance, Ways, and Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Swann served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Swann served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Swann served on these committees:

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Art Swann endorsed Rick Santorum in the 2012 presidential election.[1]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2024

Art Swann did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Tennessee State Senate District 2

Incumbent Art Swann won election in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Art Swann
Art Swann (R)
 
97.8
 
79,674
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.2
 
1,774

Total votes: 81,448
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 2

Incumbent Art Swann advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 2 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Art Swann
Art Swann
 
100.0
 
20,675

Total votes: 20,675
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2018

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2018

General election

Special general election for Tennessee State Senate District 2

Incumbent Art Swann won election in the special general election for Tennessee State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Art Swann
Art Swann (R)
 
99.3
 
55,595
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
402

Total votes: 55,997
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 2

Incumbent Art Swann defeated Scott P. Williams and Wesley Maples in the special Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 2 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Art Swann
Art Swann
 
56.5
 
13,824
Scott P. Williams
 
28.0
 
6,836
Wesley Maples
 
15.5
 
3,792

Total votes: 24,452
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2016

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 4, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 7, 2016.

Incumbent Art Swann ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 8 general election.[2][3]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Art Swann Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State



Incumbent Art Swann ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 8 Republican primary.[4][5]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 8 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Art Swann Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. Incumbent Art Swann was unopposed in the Republican primary. Swann was unopposed in the general election.[6][7]

2012

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2012

Swann ran in the 2012 election for Tennessee House of Representatives, District 8. Swann defeated challenger Grady E. Caskey in the August 2 primary election. He was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 8 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngArt Swann Incumbent 76.8% 4,375
Grady E. Caskey 23.2% 1,324
Total Votes 5,699

2010

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2010

Swann was elected to District 8 of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He defeated Democrat Marvin Pratt in the general election on November 2, 2010. He defeated Geoff King, Scott A. Hughes and Joe McCulley in the August 5 primary.[11][12]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 8 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Art Swann (R) 12,620
Marvin Pratt (D) 2,862

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Art Swann campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Tennessee State Senate District 2Won general$101,750 N/A**
2016Tennessee House of Representatives, District 8Won $62,025 N/A**
2014Tennessee State House, District 8Won $91,772 N/A**
2012Tennessee State House, District 8Won $92,021 N/A**
2010Tennessee State House, District 8Won $82,277 N/A**
Grand total$429,845 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

In 2024, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 25.

Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017




See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Tennessee State Senate District 2
2017-2024
Succeeded by
Tom Hatcher (R)
Preceded by
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Tennessee House of Representatives District 8
2011-2017
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
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Commissioner Blount County Commission
1978-1982
Succeeded by
-


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