Bob Acuff
Bob Acuff (Republican Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 4. He lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2020.
Acuff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bob Acuff was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He received a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in 1974, a Ph.D. from The University of Tennessee in 1982, and a graduate degree from East Tennessee State University's Quillen College of Medicine in 1984. Acuff's professional experience includes being a professor in the department of surgery. He has been affiliated with the Boys and Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County, Tennessee, the Sycamore Shoals Hospital Community Board, and the Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Board.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent John Holsclaw Jr. defeated Bobby Harrell in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Holsclaw Jr. (R) | 81.4 | 20,582 |
| Bobby Harrell (D) | 18.6 | 4,708 | ||
| Total votes: 25,290 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 4
Bobby Harrell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 4 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bobby Harrell | 100.0 | 825 | |
| Total votes: 825 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent John Holsclaw Jr. defeated Bob Acuff and Tim Lingerfelt in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 4 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Holsclaw Jr. | 62.7 | 5,682 |
| Bob Acuff | 20.6 | 1,865 | ||
 | Tim Lingerfelt | 16.7 | 1,516 | |
| Total votes: 9,063 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bob Acuff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Acuff's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Increasing primary care for rural counties.
- Expand board band internet services for rural communities.
- Increase training for skills and trades.
Although there has been an increase in medical class size in Tennessee's five medical and osteopathic schools, rural communities lag behind attracting trained graduates in primary care to their community. Over 25% of Tennessee doctors are 60 years plus in age and not enough students in the pipeline to address the State and National shortage well into 2025 and beyond across the US. We need to give rural communities an advantage through specific incentives (the county and State working together) to increase providers. Both rural health clinics and access to dental services is needed.
Increase rural connectivity.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 16, 2020
