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Lynnette Williams
Lynnette Williams (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 8th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 1, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff defeated Sarah Freeman and James Hart in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Kustoff (R) | 72.3 | 240,411 |
 | Sarah Freeman (D)  | 25.6 | 85,043 | |
 | James Hart (Independent) | 2.1 | 6,861 | |
| Total votes: 332,315 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Sarah Freeman defeated Brenda Woods, Lynnette Williams, Leonard Perkins, and Lawrence Pivnick in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Freeman | 33.7 | 5,552 |
| Brenda Woods | 27.8 | 4,580 | ||
| Lynnette Williams | 17.5 | 2,887 | ||
 | Leonard Perkins | 13.1 | 2,160 | |
 | Lawrence Pivnick | 7.8 | 1,279 | |
| Total votes: 16,458 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Kustoff | 100.0 | 55,809 |
| Total votes: 55,809 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Flinn Jr. (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Williams in this election.
2022
See also: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff defeated Lynnette Williams, James Hart, and Ronnie Henley in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Kustoff (R) | 74.0 | 155,602 |
| Lynnette Williams (D) | 24.3 | 51,102 | ||
| James Hart (Independent) | 1.2 | 2,541 | |
 | Ronnie Henley (Independent) | 0.5 | 1,070 | |
| Total votes: 210,315 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Lynnette Williams defeated Tim McDonald in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lynnette Williams | 63.3 | 15,819 | |
 | Tim McDonald | 36.7 | 9,187 | |
| Total votes: 25,006 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff defeated Bob Hendry, Danny Bridger Jr., and Dean Clouse in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Kustoff | 83.7 | 69,538 |
 | Bob Hendry | 8.4 | 6,990 | |
 | Danny Bridger Jr. | 5.1 | 4,233 | |
 | Dean Clouse | 2.8 | 2,291 | |
| Total votes: 83,052 | |||
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2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 95
Incumbent Kevin Vaughan defeated Lynnette Williams in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Vaughan (R) | 69.7 | 27,747 |
| Lynnette Williams (D) | 30.3 | 12,086 | ||
| Total votes: 39,833 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 95
Lynnette Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lynnette Williams | 100.0 | 2,829 | |
| Total votes: 2,829 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 95
Incumbent Kevin Vaughan advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Vaughan | 100.0 | 7,900 |
| Total votes: 7,900 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Memphis, Tennessee (2019)
General election
General election for Memphis City Council Super District 8 Position 3
The following candidates ran in the general election for Memphis City Council Super District 8 Position 3 on October 3, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Martavius Jones (Nonpartisan) | 47.0 | 19,872 |
| R.S. Ford Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 26.8 | 11,346 | ||
| Pamela Lee (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 4,546 | ||
| Lynnette Williams (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 3,105 | ||
| Gerald Kiner (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 2,014 | ||
| Cat Allen (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 1,298 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 91 | ||
| Total votes: 42,272 | |||
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2018
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 85
Jesse Chism won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 85 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesse Chism (D) | 100.0 | 18,021 |
| Total votes: 18,021 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 85
Jesse Chism defeated Ricky Dixon, Lynnette Williams, and Brett Williams in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 85 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse Chism | 35.7 | 3,217 |
 | Ricky Dixon | 30.4 | 2,743 | |
| Lynnette Williams | 29.1 | 2,620 | ||
| Brett Williams | 4.8 | 433 | ||
| Total votes: 9,013 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lynnette Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Lynnette Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Lynnette Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lynnette Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
