Mark Luttrell

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Mark Luttrell
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Prior offices
Shelby County Mayor
Successor: Lee Harris

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 4, 2016


Mark Luttrell is the former county mayor for Shelby County in Tennessee. First elected in 2010, he won re-election on August 7, 2014. Luttrell did not seek re-election in 2018 because of term limits.

Luttrell was a Republican candidate for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2016.[1] He was defeated by David Kustoff in the Republican primary on August 4, 2016.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher did not seek re-election to his seat in 2016. Twenty-one candidates filed in the race to replace him. David Kustoff (R) defeated Rickey Hobson (D), and independents Shelia Godwin, James Hart, Adrian Montague, Mark Rawles, and Karen Free Spirit Talley-Lane in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hobson defeated Gregory Alan Frye in the Democratic primary, while Kustoff defeated 12 other candidates in the Republican primary. The primary elections took place on August 4, 2016.[3][2][4]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Kustoff 68.8% 194,386
     Democratic Rickey Hobson 25.1% 70,925
     Independent Shelia Godwin 2.3% 6,442
     Independent James Hart 1.4% 4,057
     Independent Adrian Montague 0.9% 2,497
     Independent Mark Rawles 0.9% 2,445
     Independent Karen Free Spirit Talley-Lane 0.7% 1,981
Total Votes 282,733
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State


U.S. House, Tennessee District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRickey Hobson 54.8% 7,774
Gregory Frye 45.2% 6,413
Total Votes 14,187
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State


U.S. House, Tennessee District 8 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Kustoff 27.4% 16,889
George Flinn Jr. 23.1% 14,200
Mark Luttrell 17.7% 10,878
Brian Kelsey 12.9% 7,942
Brad Greer 11.1% 6,819
Tom Leatherwood 4.3% 2,620
Hunter Baker 1.6% 1,014
Ken Atkins 0.7% 410
Raymond Honeycutt 0.4% 231
George Howell 0.3% 211
David Wharton 0.2% 131
David Bault 0.2% 109
David Maldonado 0.1% 76
Total Votes 61,530
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Luttrell's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

  • Repeal Obamacare: I support every effort to repeal Obamacare and stop its increasing threat to rural hospitals. Obamacare has been bad for doctors and patients, and Americans deserve better.
  • Second Amendment: I believe that, despite what President Obama said about rural Americans bitterly clinging to our guns, we have a duty and a right to defend our basic constitutional freedoms. I will fight to defend the 2nd Amendment and the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.
  • Religious Freedom: The basic principle of religious freedom, the first freedom enumerated in the Bill of Rights, is under attack. I will defend the right of Americans to live according their faith.
  • The right to life is sacred. As your congressman, I will always stand for life.
  • Enforce our laws and Secure the Border: We must secure the border and stop illegal immigration – now. For years our federal government has refused to enforce our immigration laws, and it puts our nation in danger.[5]
—Mark Luttrell's campaign website, (2016)[6]

See also

Shelby County, Tennessee Tennessee Municipal government Other local coverage
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