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Michael Porter
Michael Porter (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 86. Porter did not appear on the ballot for the special Democratic primary on January 24, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Tennessee state legislative special elections, 2023
General election
Special general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86
Justin Pearson won election in the special general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86 on March 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Justin Pearson (D) | 100.0 | 443 |
| Total votes: 443 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86 on January 24, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Justin Pearson | 52.4 | 1,235 |
| Julian Bolton | 12.3 | 289 | ||
 | Will Richardson | 8.1 | 190 | |
| Juliette Eskridge | 7.0 | 166 | ||
| Clifford Lewis | 5.3 | 126 | ||
| Tanya L. Cooper | 4.6 | 109 | ||
| Rod Blount | 4.4 | 103 | ||
 | Dominique Frost | 4.0 | 95 | |
| Andrew Withers | 1.5 | 35 | ||
| Rebecca Robinson | 0.5 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 2,359 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Porter (D)
2022
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Barbara Cooper defeated Michael Porter in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barbara Cooper (D) | 73.1 | 8,006 |
| Michael Porter (Independent) | 26.9 | 2,944 | ||
| Total votes: 10,950 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Barbara Cooper defeated Will Richardson in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 86 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Cooper | 79.0 | 5,233 |
| Will Richardson | 21.0 | 1,395 | |
| Total votes: 6,628 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brandon Morris (D)
- Dominique Frost (D)
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Porter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Michael Porter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
