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Rheunte Benson
Rheunte Benson (Democratic Party) ran for election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk in Tennessee. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2024)
General election
General election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
Tami Sawyer defeated Lisa Arnold in the general election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tami Sawyer (D) | 53.9 | 40,393 |
| Lisa Arnold (R) | 46.1 | 34,571 | ||
| Total votes: 74,964 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rod Ford (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
Tami Sawyer defeated incumbent Joe Brown, Shelandra Ford, and Rheunte Benson in the Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tami Sawyer | 42.7 | 12,183 |
 | Joe Brown | 35.6 | 10,158 | |
 | Shelandra Ford | 12.1 | 3,454 | |
| Rheunte Benson | 9.4 | 2,684 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 28,542 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Summers (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
Lisa Arnold advanced from the Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Arnold | 100.0 | 19,398 | |
| Total votes: 19,398 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul Houston (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Benson in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2020)
General election
General election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
Joe Brown defeated Paul Boyd in the general election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on August 6, 2020.
| Total votes: 123,362 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Brown | 22.7 | 20,607 |
 | Reginald Milton | 14.5 | 13,130 | |
| Thomas Long | 12.6 | 11,458 | ||
| Eddie Jones | 11.7 | 10,629 | ||
| Wanda Faulkner | 9.4 | 8,570 | ||
| Gortria Banks | 8.4 | 7,584 | ||
| Tanya L. Cooper | 6.8 | 6,141 | ||
| Roderic Ford | 4.2 | 3,853 | ||
| Adrienne Dailey-Evans | 2.9 | 2,625 | ||
| Deirdre Fisher | 2.3 | 2,116 | ||
| Tavia Tate | 1.6 | 1,467 | ||
| Rheunte Benson | 1.4 | 1,239 | ||
| Del Gill | 1.0 | 940 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 457 | ||
| Total votes: 90,816 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Ford (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
Paul Boyd defeated Lisa Wimberly, Michael Finney, and George Summers in the Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Paul Boyd | 49.3 | 9,514 | |
| Lisa Wimberly | 25.1 | 4,845 | ||
| Michael Finney | 15.3 | 2,949 | ||
| George Summers | 10.0 | 1,926 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 80 | ||
| Total votes: 19,314 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rheunte Benson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Rheunte Benson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
