Gary Steakley
Gary Steakley was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 15 of the Tennessee State Senate.[1]
Biography
Steakley was a career law enforcement official - much of it spent in Washington D.C. investigating fraud, waste and abuse. He is a 6th generation Tennessean.[2]
Campaign themes
2014
Steakley's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[3]
- Excerpt: "100% constitutional Christian conservative."
- Excerpt: "A strong advocate for our 2nd Amendment rights."
- Excerpt: "Strong believer in term limits."
- Excerpt: "Will never support individual state income tax."
- Excerpt: "Will not support Common Core."
Elections
2014
- See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for 18 seats in the Tennessee State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. A general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. Betty Vaudt was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Paul Bailey defeated Gary Steakley and Matt Swallows in the Republican primary. William Draper ran as an independent candidate. Bailey defeated Vaudt and Draper in the general election.[4][1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Paul Bailey |
73.3% | 33,674 | |
| Democratic | Betty Vaudt | 22.3% | 10,263 | |
| Independent | William L. Draper | 4.4% | 2,022 | |
| Total Votes | 45,959 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Paul Bailey |
48.4% | 13,141 |
| Matt Swallows | 46.3% | 12,577 |
| Gary Steakley | 5.3% | 1,453 |
| Total Votes | 27,171 | |
2010
- See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2010
Steakley was defeated by Democrat Charlotte Burks in the general election on November 2, 2010. Also defeated was independent Joe Wilmoth. He was unopposed in the August 5 primary election.[5]
| Tennessee State Senate, District 15, General Election 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Charlotte Burks (D)
|
22,800 | |||
| Gary Steakley (R) | 22,615 | |||
| Joe B. Wilmoth (I) | 8,779 | |||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Gary + Steakley + Tennessee + Senate"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
See also
- Tennessee General Assembly
- Tennessee State Senate District 15
- Tennessee State Senate
- Tennessee State Senate elections, 2014
External links
- Official campaign website
- Gary Steakley on Facebook
- Tennessee General Assembly
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Petitions Filed for State Senate and State House of Representatives," accessed April 5, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedsteakley - ↑ Steakley for Senate, "Main page," accessed July 17, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 7, 2014 Election Results," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Unofficial Republican state senate primary results from the TN Secretary of State, 2010
