Kate Craig
Kate Craig (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 3. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Craig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kate Craig earned a bachelor's degree from East Tennessee State University in 2003 and a graduate degree from American University in 2008. Her career experience includes working as a small business owner. Craig also has experience working for nonprofit organizations in northeast Tennessee addressing hunger and substance use disorder and as a contractor for the Navy supporting the Self-Defense Test Ship.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Tennessee State Senate District 3
Incumbent Rusty Crowe defeated Kate Craig in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rusty Crowe (R) | 75.0 | 39,237 |
 | Kate Craig (D)  | 25.0 | 13,099 | |
| Total votes: 52,336 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 3
Kate Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 3 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kate Craig | 100.0 | 2,479 |
| Total votes: 2,479 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 3
Incumbent Rusty Crowe advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 3 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rusty Crowe | 100.0 | 16,039 |
| Total votes: 16,039 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Craig's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kate Craig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Craig's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- It's imperative that we develop a hospital oversight board that can hold our medical monopoly accountable, reinstate the COPA that was suspended due to COVID, and create pathways for another hospital system to open and give patients choice.
- Expand Medicaid to close the gap for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans who are unable to afford health insurance and annually return $1.4 billion of already paid taxpayer money home to Tennessee that can be used to invest in jobs, address rising overdose rates, and fund programs for those in need.
- The minimum wage must be increased. The number one type of job in District 3 is a part-time, minimum wage, no benefits job. To successfully do this, since over 70 percent of the businesses in District 3 are small businesses, small businesses must be included and invested in by utilizing the state’s amassed rainy-day fund to supplement small businesses to keep their doors open and pay workers $15 per hour.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 21, 2022
