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David Cutting
David Cutting (independent) ran in a special election to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 22. He lost in the special general election on April 23, 2019.
Cutting ran as a Democratic candidate for District 22 of the Tennessee State Senate in 2016.
Elections
2019
See also: Tennessee state legislative special elections, 2019
General election
Special general election for Tennessee State Senate District 22
Bill Powers defeated Juanita Charles, Doyle Clark, and David Cutting in the special general election for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on April 23, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Powers (R) | 53.6 | 6,461 |
 | Juanita Charles (D) | 44.4 | 5,352 | |
 | Doyle Clark (Independent)  | 1.3 | 155 | |
 | David Cutting (Independent) | 0.7 | 84 | |
| Total votes: 12,052 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22
Juanita Charles advanced from the special Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on March 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Juanita Charles | 100.0 | 1,125 |
| Total votes: 1,125 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22
Bill Powers defeated Jeff Burkhart, Betty Burchett, and Jason Knight in the special Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on March 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Powers | 37.3 | 2,782 |
 | Jeff Burkhart | 33.7 | 2,513 | |
 | Betty Burchett | 17.4 | 1,297 | |
 | Jason Knight | 11.6 | 868 | |
| Total votes: 7,460 | |||
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2016
- See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Tennessee State Senate 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 Mark Green defeated David Cutting in the Tennessee State Senate District 22 general election.[1][2]
| Tennessee State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Mark Green Incumbent |
67.04% | 41,497 | |
| Democratic | David Cutting | 32.96% | 20,406 | |
| Total Votes | 61,903 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State | ||||
David Cutting ran unopposed in the Tennessee State Senate District 22 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Tennessee State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | David Cutting (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Mark Green defeated Lori Smith in the Tennessee State Senate District 22 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Tennessee State Senate, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mark Green Incumbent |
84.17% | 6,183 | |
| Republican | Lori Smith | 15.83% | 1,163 | |
| Total Votes | 7,346 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Cutting did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Cutting's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[5]
Implement Insure Tennessee
- Excerpt: "The governor's Insure Tennessee will give them access to affordable healthcare, but due to legislative inaction people are dying and hospitals are closing. It is David Cutting's top priority to work across the aisle to pass this essential legislation."
Provide adequate education funding
- Excerpt: "[W]e must reduce class sizes, increase teacher salaries, limit testing in favor of more teaching, and make our higher education more efficient and thus more affordable."
Expand services to our veterans and elderly
- Excerpt: "Transportation, meals, healthcare, isolation, and housing are major concerns of our veterans and our elderly, and David Cutting will work to ensure that existing state programs are neither reduced nor eliminated."
Create valuable jobs for District 22
- Excerpt: "David will encourage technology, manufacturing, and healthcare corporations to locate within our district, which has abundant land and a large pool of skilled and semi-skilled labor"
Invest in our crumbling infrastructure
- Excerpt: "Bridges, highways, waterways, public buildings, structures, systems, and facilities serving District 22 will be examined and rehabilitated as necessary."
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2016," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "2016 general election results - Tennessee State Senate," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 8, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 4, 2016 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 4, 2016
- ↑ David Cutting, "The issues," accessed July 7, 2016
