Geni Batchelor
Geni Batchelor (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2022.
Batchelor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Geni Batchelor was born in Sacramento, California.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Andy Ogles defeated Heidi Campbell, Derrick Brantley, Daniel Cooper, and Rick Shannon in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andy Ogles (R) | 55.8 | 123,558 |
 | Heidi Campbell (D)  | 42.3 | 93,648 | |
 | Derrick Brantley (Independent) | 0.9 | 2,090 | |
| Daniel Cooper (Independent) | 0.5 | 1,132 | ||
 | Rick Shannon (Independent) | 0.4 | 847 | |
| Total votes: 221,275 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Heidi Campbell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heidi Campbell | 100.0 | 30,830 |
| Total votes: 30,830 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justicia Rizzo (D)
- Jim Cooper (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Ogles | 35.4 | 21,325 |
 | Beth Harwell | 24.9 | 15,021 | |
| Kurt Winstead | 21.1 | 12,721 | ||
 | Jeff Beierlein | 6.8 | 4,093 | |
 | Robby Starbuck (Write-in) | 4.1 | 2,492 | |
 | Natisha Brooks | 2.9 | 1,747 | |
 | Geni Batchelor | 1.7 | 1,017 | |
| Timothy Lee | 1.4 | 845 | ||
 | Stewart Parks | 1.0 | 586 | |
 | Tres Wittum | 0.7 | 398 | |
| Total votes: 60,245 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sarah Grams (R)
- Richie Lee (R)
- Quincy McKnight (R)
- Baxter Lee (R)
- David Vitalli (R)
- Morgan Ortagus (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Geni Batchelor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Batchelor's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- As a citizen I am increasingly dismayed by the divisiveness, bickering and polarization in our government. It is time while we still can to make a different choice with our votes….time we stop electing career politicians and start electing each other….average citizens who pledge to use common sense, find common ground and WORK TOGETHER to resolve our issues peacefully.
- I pledge to use my common sense, and committed to work with other Representatives to establish common ground upon which to draft and pass legislation to protect the freedom and liberties endowed to us by our creator namely the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and limiting government overreach.
- I support term limits......either by using our votes or by constitutional amendment.
Criminal Justice
Legal Immigration
Election Security
Law & Order
Fiscal Responsibility
Right to Life
Always listen to your constituents
Always keep your district informed
2. It will take us some time to recover from COVID and the decisions made in the past year.
3. Beyond that, we must address racism, whether real or perceived.....we must overcome it! We must
start with educating both those who feel it and those who perceive it on how to get past such a huge
obstacle and together make plans and implement steps to move beyond it as a stumbling block. We are
all equal....we need to all feel equal.
4. We must address energy independence and I believe we need to start by allowing oil production to
provide us with the resources to reinstate our independence while we simultaneously move to
discover the safest way to proceed with providing our country with energy consistent with protecting
against climate change.
5. The education of our children is of critical importance......we have been asleep at the wheel long
enough to allow them to be indoctrinated with socialist and communist ideals that could destroy thistaught what they need to know when they need to know it.
country. Parents must be involved to make sure that the truth is told about our history and the ability
to accept it and find the good taught as well. Parents must be involved to make sure that children are
Ways and Means
Small Business
Select Committee on Jan 6
Homeland Security
Early Childhood Education
I would rather collaborate with others to make policy.......by finding common ground and building upon what we agree on and taking step by step in agreement to develop our best plan for reaching policy. ....a totally different mindset.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 22, 2022
