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Mark Rawles
Mark Rawles was a 2016 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Tennessee.[1]
Rawles was a 2014 Constitution Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Tennessee.[2]
He was a 2012 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Tennessee.[3]
Elections
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.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  David 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 | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rickey Hobson |
54.8% | 7,774 | ||
| Gregory Frye | 45.2% | 6,413 | ||
| Total Votes | 14,187 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
David 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 |
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2014
Rawles ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 8th District.[2] He was defeated by incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[7]
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Stephen Lee Fincher Incumbent |
70.8% | 122,205 | |
| Democratic | Wes Bradley | 24.6% | 42,403 | |
| Constitution | Mark Rawles | 2.6% | 4,450 | |
| Independent | James Hart | 2% | 3,446 | |
| Total Votes | 172,504 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available. | ||||
2012
Rawles ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 8th District. Rawles ran as an Independent. He faced incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher (R), James Hart (I) and Timothy Dixon (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012. Rawles was defeated by incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Timothy Dixon | 28.4% | 79,490 | |
| Republican | Stephen Lee Fincher Incumbent |
68.3% | 190,923 | |
| Independent | James Hart | 2.2% | 6,139 | |
| Independent | Mark Rawles | 1% | 2,870 | |
| Total Votes | 279,422 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2016
- Tennessee's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014
- Tennessee's 8th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 7, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tennessee.gov, "Governor, United States Senate, and United States House of Representatives Petitions Filed by Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 3, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee.gov, "2012 Congressional Candidates," accessed June 30, 2012
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 7, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Tennessee House Primaries Results," August 4, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Election 2014," accessed November 6, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Tennessee"
