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Geoffrey Stokes Nielson
Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (Republican Party) (also known as Stokes) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 1, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Incumbent Andy Ogles defeated Maryam Abolfazli, Jim Larkin, Bob Titley, and Yomi Faparusi in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andy Ogles (R) | 56.9 | 205,075 |
 | Maryam Abolfazli (D)  | 39.5 | 142,387 | |
 | Jim Larkin (Independent) | 2.1 | 7,607 | |
 | Bob Titley (Independent) | 0.8 | 3,065 | |
 | Yomi Faparusi (Independent) | 0.7 | 2,580 | |
| Total votes: 360,714 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Maryam Abolfazli advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maryam Abolfazli | 100.0 | 29,242 |
| Total votes: 29,242 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Arnie Malham (D)
- Kiran Sreepada (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Incumbent Andy Ogles defeated Courtney Johnston in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Ogles | 56.5 | 32,062 |
 | Courtney Johnston | 43.5 | 24,646 | |
| Total votes: 56,708 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Stokes Nielson in this election.
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Hagerty (R) | 62.2 | 1,840,926 |
 | Marquita Bradshaw (D) | 35.2 | 1,040,691 | |
 | Elizabeth McLeod (Independent) | 0.6 | 16,652 | |
| Yomi Faparusi (Independent) | 0.4 | 10,727 | |
| Steven Hooper (Independent) | 0.3 | 9,609 | ||
 | Kacey Morgan (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.3 | 9,598 | |
 | Ronnie Henley (Independent) | 0.3 | 8,478 | |
 | Aaron James (Independent) | 0.2 | 7,203 | |
 | Eric William Stansberry (Independent) | 0.2 | 6,781 | |
 | Dean Hill (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,872 | |
 | Jeffrey Grunau (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,160 | |
 | John Gentry (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 64 | |
| Total votes: 2,959,761 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Kovach (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
Marquita Bradshaw defeated Robin Kimbrough Hayes, James Mackler, Gary Davis, and Mark Pickrell in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marquita Bradshaw | 35.5 | 117,962 |
 | Robin Kimbrough Hayes | 26.6 | 88,492 | |
 | James Mackler | 23.8 | 78,966 | |
 | Gary Davis | 9.3 | 30,758 | |
 | Mark Pickrell | 4.8 | 16,045 | |
| Total votes: 332,223 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Diana Onyejiaka (D)
- Tharon Chandler (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Hagerty | 50.8 | 331,267 |
 | Manny Sethi | 39.4 | 257,223 | |
 | George Flinn Jr. | 3.4 | 22,454 | |
 | Jon Henry | 1.2 | 8,104 | |
 | Natisha Brooks | 1.2 | 8,072 | |
 | Byron Bush | 0.8 | 5,420 | |
| Clifford Adkins | 0.8 | 5,316 | ||
 | Terry Dicus | 0.3 | 2,279 | |
 | Tom Emerson Jr. | 0.3 | 2,252 | |
 | David Schuster | 0.3 | 2,045 | |
| John Osborne | 0.3 | 1,877 | ||
 | Roy Cope | 0.3 | 1,791 | |
 | Kent Morrell | 0.3 | 1,769 | |
 | Aaron Pettigrew | 0.2 | 1,622 | |
| Glen Neal | 0.2 | 1,233 | ||
| Total votes: 652,724 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Garrett Nichols (R)
- Johnny Presley (R)
- Larry Crim (R)
- Jim Elkins (R)
- Josh Gapp (R)
- Clyde Benson (R)
- Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Geoffrey Stokes Nielson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Geoffrey Stokes Nielson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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