Gino Bulso

Gino Bulso

Republican Party

Candidate, Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Brandon Ogles

Compensation

Base salary

$28,405.96/year

Per diem

$326.47/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $47 per day.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell College, 1983

Law

Emory University, 1986

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

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Gino Bulso (Republican Party) is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 61. He assumed office on November 8, 2022. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Bulso (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 61. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Bulso also ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the special Republican primary on October 7, 2025.

Biography

Gino Bulso earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Cornell College in 1983 and a juris doctor from Emory University in 1986. Bulso's career experience includes working as a managing partner and attorney with Bulso PLC.

Sponsored legislation

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Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Bulso was assigned to the following committees:

• Civil Justice Committee
• Education Administration Committee
• Senate Government Operations Committee
• Government Operations Committee

Elections

2026

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Incumbent Gino Bulso is running in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Gino Bulso (R)

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2025

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (October 7 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (October 7 Republican primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

The following candidates are running in the special general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on December 2, 2025.

		Candidate
		Aftyn Behn (D)
		Matt Van Epps (R)
		Teresa Christie (Independent)
	Submit photo	Bobby Dodge (Independent)
	Submit photo	Robert James Sutherby (Independent)
		Jonathan Thorp (Independent)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Hooper (Independent)
• Scerick Richard Longcope (Independent)
• David Richard Holbert (Independent)
• Caleb Stack (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Aftyn Behn defeated Darden Copeland, Bo Mitchell, and Vincent Dixie in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on October 7, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aftyn Behn	27.9	8,648
		Darden Copeland	24.9	7,716
		Bo Mitchell	24.2	7,492
		Vincent Dixie	23.1	7,146

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 31,002
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joy Davis (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on October 7, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Van Epps	51.6	19,001
		Jody Barrett	25.3	9,335
		Gino Bulso	10.9	4,004
		Lee Reeves	5.2	1,929
		Mason Foley	2.8	1,022
		Stewart Parks	1.6	595
		Jason Knight	1.0	381
		Stuart Cooper (Unofficially withdrew)	0.6	239
		Tres Wittum	0.4	133
		Joe Leurs	0.3	122
		Adolph Agbéko Dagan	0.3	93

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 36,854
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert James Sutherby (R)
• Robby Moore (R)
• Brandon Ogles (R)
• Eddie Lee Murphy (R)
• John Wilt (R)
• John Wesley Smith IV (R)
• Michael Vogel (R)
• Noah Cline (R)

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2024

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Incumbent Gino Bulso defeated Claire Jones and Alana LeBlanc in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gino Bulso (R)	62.1	25,594
		Claire Jones (D)	35.7	14,711
		Alana LeBlanc (Independent)	2.3	929

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,234
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Claire Jones defeated Kurt Kosack in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claire Jones	72.0	2,415
	Submit photo	Kurt Kosack	28.0	940

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,355
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Incumbent Gino Bulso advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gino Bulso	100.0	5,922

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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Gino Bulso defeated Steven Cervantes in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gino Bulso (R)	65.9	16,733
		Steven Cervantes (D)	34.1	8,644

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,377
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Steven Cervantes advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven Cervantes	100.0	2,421

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Gino Bulso defeated Bob Ravener in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gino Bulso	61.5	5,162
	Submit photo	Bob Ravener	38.5	3,238

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,400
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2018

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Brandon Ogles defeated Rebecca Purington in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Brandon Ogles (R)	65.4	21,885
	Submit photo	Rebecca Purington (D)	34.6	11,555

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,440
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

Rebecca Purington advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rebecca Purington	100.0	3,416

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Brandon Ogles	35.5	3,913
		Gino Bulso	24.3	2,685
		Jeff Ford	17.0	1,876
		Rebecca Ann Burke	14.5	1,604
		Robert Hullett	6.4	709
	Submit photo	Terrence A. Smith	2.3	250

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,037
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Campaign themes

2026

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2025

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2024

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2022

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Gino Bulso campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2025*	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Lost primary	$757,062	$701,501
2024*	Tennessee House of Representatives District 61	Won general	$151,632	$139,086
2022	Tennessee House of Representatives District 61	Won general	$333,987	$287,627
Grand total			$1,242,681	$1,128,215
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Scorecards

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2024

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In 2024, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 25. Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Tennesseans for Student Success Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education. Tennessee Right to Life Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.

2023

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In 2023, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 21. Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community. Tennesseans for Student Success Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues. The Institute for Legislative Analysis Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

Noteworthy events

Resolutions to expel representatives

See also: Elected officials expelled from state legislatures

On Monday, April 3, 2023, Rep. Bud Hulsey (R), Rep. Gino Bulso (R), and Rep. Andrew Farmer (R) introduced three resolutions to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson (D), Rep. Justin Jones (D), and Rep. Justin Pearson (D) from the Tennessee House of Representatives. The resolutions stated that Johnson, Jones, and Pearson had engaged in “disorderly behavior” and “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives” after they participated in protests on March 30, 2023 in support of gun control laws.

On April 6, 2023, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted 72-25 and 69-26 on House resolutions 65 and 63 to expel Representatives Justin Jones (Tennessee state representative) (D) and Justin Pearson (D). House resolution 64 to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson (D) failed to pass at 65 ayes and 30 nays.

On April 10, 2023, the Metropolitan Nashville Council voted 36-0 to reinstate Jones. On April 12, the Shelby County Commission will voted to reinstate Pearson.

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Preceded by Brandon Ogles (R)	Tennessee House of Representatives District 61 2022-Present	Succeeded by -

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (1)

Vacancies (1)

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Current members of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Cameron Sexton

Majority Leader:William Lamberth

Minority Leader:Karen Camper

Representatives

District 1

John Crawford (R)

District 2

Bud Hulsey (R)

District 3

Timothy Hill (R)

District 4

Renea Jones (R)

District 5

David Hawk (R)

District 6

Tim Hicks (R)

District 7

Rebecca Alexander (R)

District 8

Jerome Moon (R)

District 9

Gary Hicks (R)

District 10

Rick Eldridge (R)

District 11

Jeremy Faison (R)

District 12

Fred Atchley (R)

District 13

Robert Stevens (R)

District 14

Jason Zachary (R)

District 15

Sam McKenzie (D)

District 16

Michele Carringer (R)

District 17

Andrew Farmer (R)

District 18

Elaine Davis (R)

District 19

Dave Wright (R)

District 20

Tom Stinnett (R)

District 21

Lowell Russell (R)

District 22

Dan Howell (R)

District 23

Mark Cochran (R)

District 24

Kevin Raper (R)

District 25

Cameron Sexton (R)

District 26

Greg Martin (R)

District 27

Michele Reneau (R)

District 28

Yusuf Hakeem (D)

District 29

Greg Vital (R)

District 30

Esther Helton (R)

District 31

Ron Travis (R)

District 32

Monty Fritts (R)

District 33

Richard Scarbrough (R)

District 34

Tim Rudd (R)

District 35

William Slater (R)

District 36

Dennis Powers (R)

District 37

Charlie Baum (R)

District 38

Kelly Keisling (R)

District 39

Iris Rudder (R)

District 40

Michael Hale (R)

District 41

Ed Butler (R)

District 42

Ryan Williams (R)

District 43

Paul Sherrell (R)

District 44

William Lamberth (R)

District 45

Johnny Garrett (R)

District 46

Clark Boyd (R)

District 47

Rush Bricken (R)

District 48

Bryan Terry (R)

District 49

Mike Sparks (R)

District 50

Bo Mitchell (D)

District 51

Aftyn Behn (D)

District 52

Justin Jones (D)

District 53

Jason Powell (D)

District 54

Vincent Dixie (D)

District 55

John Clemmons (D)

District 56

Bob Freeman (D)

District 57

Susan Lynn (R)

District 58

Harold Love (D)

District 59

Caleb Hemmer (D)

District 60

Shaundelle Brooks (D)

District 61

Gino Bulso (R)

District 62

Pat Marsh (R)

District 63

Jake McCalmon (R)

District 64

Scott Cepicky (R)

District 65

Lee Reeves (R)

District 66

Sabi Kumar (R)

District 67

Ronnie Glynn (D)

District 68

Aron Maberry (R)

District 69

Jody Barrett (R)

District 70

Clay Doggett (R)

District 71

Kip Capley (R)

District 72

Kirk Haston (R)

District 73

Chris Todd (R)

District 74

Jay Reedy (R)

District 75

Jeff Burkhart (R)

District 76

Tandy Darby (R)

District 77

Rusty Grills (R)

District 78

Mary Littleton (R)

District 79

Brock Martin (R)

District 80

Johnny Shaw (D)

District 81

Debra Moody (R)

District 82

Chris Hurt (R)

District 83

Mark White (R)

District 84

Joe Towns (D)

District 85

Jesse Chism (D)

District 86

Justin Pearson (D)

District 87

Karen Camper (D)

District 88

Larry Miller (D)

District 89

Justin Lafferty (R)

District 90

Gloria Johnson (D)

District 91

Torrey Harris (D)

District 92

Todd Warner (R)

District 93

G.A. Hardaway (D)

District 94

Ron Gant (R)

District 95

Kevin Vaughan (R)

District 96

Gabby Salinas (D)

District 97

John Gillespie (R)

District 98

Antonio Parkinson (D)

District 99

Tom Leatherwood (R)

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