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Jason Emert
Jason Emert (Republican Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 20. He lost in the Republican primary on August 1, 2024.
Emert was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 13 of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[1]
Biography
Emert graduated from Southern Illinois University and received an MBA from the University of Louisiana and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. His professional experience includes working as a research analyst on Capitol Hill, as a licensed student attorney in the Tennessee District Attorney General's Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, and as Vice President for Business Development at First Choice Medical.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 20
Tom Stinnett defeated Karen Gertz in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 20 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Stinnett (R) | 74.8 | 24,704 |
 | Karen Gertz (D)  | 25.2 | 8,312 | |
| Total votes: 33,016 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 20
Karen Gertz advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 20 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Gertz | 100.0 | 1,392 |
| Total votes: 1,392 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 20
Tom Stinnett defeated Nick Bright and Jason Emert in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 20 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Stinnett | 35.1 | 2,352 |
| Nick Bright | 33.1 | 2,214 | ||
 | Jason Emert | 31.8 | 2,130 | |
| Total votes: 6,696 | |||
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Campaign finance summary
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Emert in this election.
2018
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 2
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Burchett (R) | 65.9 | 172,856 |
 | Renee Hoyos (D) | 33.1 | 86,668 | |
| Greg Samples (Independent) | 0.4 | 967 | ||
 | Jeffrey Grunau (Independent) | 0.3 | 657 | |
 | Marc Whitmire (Independent) | 0.2 | 637 | |
| Keith LaTorre (Independent) | 0.1 | 349 | ||
| Total votes: 262,134 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 2
Renee Hoyos defeated Joshua Williams and Joseph Schenkenfelder in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 2 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Renee Hoyos | 72.4 | 22,220 |
 | Joshua Williams | 23.1 | 7,077 | |
 | Joseph Schenkenfelder | 4.5 | 1,383 | |
| Total votes: 30,680 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 2 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Burchett | 48.2 | 47,875 |
 | Jimmy Matlock | 36.1 | 35,855 | |
| Ashley Nickloes | 11.0 | 10,961 | ||
| Jason Emert | 2.3 | 2,305 | |
 | Hank Hamblin | 0.9 | 855 | |
 | Vito Sagliano | 0.8 | 844 | |
 | C. David Stansberry | 0.7 | 657 | |
| Total votes: 99,352 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brad Fullington (R)
2014
Elections for 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. Incumbent Gloria Johnson was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Jason Emert was defeated by Eddie Smith in the Republican primary. Smith defeated Johnson in the general election.[3][1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Eddie Smith |
50.7% | 6,730 | |
| Democratic | Gloria Johnson Incumbent | 49.3% | 6,548 | |
| Total Votes | 13,278 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Eddie Smith |
50.3% | 2,334 |
| Jason Emert | 49.7% | 2,306 |
| Total Votes | 4,640 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jason Emert did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Emert's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Jobs
- Excerpt: "As your representative, I will reverse the trend of ineffective economic policy by promoting legislation aimed at job growth and long-term prosperity to East Tennessee."
Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Tennessee is known for our innovative medical device companies, pioneering hospital and medical staffing corporations, leading medical and nursing schools, problem solving nonprofits, and world-renowned physicians. Let’s allow these industry leaders to work with our state leadership to find local solutions to solve our state’s health care needs."
Guns
- Excerpt: "I will work to protect the rights of law-abiding Knox County residents and Tennesseans to purchase and bear firearms, upholding the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 26 of the Tennessee Constitution."
Home Rule
- Excerpt: "The most effective way to govern is at the most basic, local level. City and County governments are much more in tune with the needs of their residents in a way that distant bureaucrats are not. Tennessee policy should be to empower municipal governments and even families."
Transparency & Government Reform
- Excerpt: "I am committed to bringing transparency and oversight to proceedings in Nashville. For too long I have witnessed representatives use their power to benefit special interests, friends, or, even worse, as a means to benefit themselves. These representatives lose sight of their true objective – to serve the people who elected them."
Recent news
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See also
2024 Elections
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Petitions Filed for State Senate and State House of Representatives," accessed April 5, 2014
- ↑ jasonemert.net, "About," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 7, 2014 Election Results," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 21, 2014
