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Richard Briggs (Tennessee)

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Richard Briggs
Republican Party
Candidate, Tennessee State Senate District 7
Tennessee State Senate District 7
Tenure
2014 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
11
Predecessor: Stacey Campfield (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$33,060/year
Per diem
$379.44/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $86 per day.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Next election
August 6, 2026
Contact
Official website
Campaign website
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Richard Briggs (Republican Party) is a member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 7. He assumed office on November 4, 2014. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Briggs (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 7. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on August 6, 2026.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Briggs was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Briggs was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Briggs was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Tennessee committee assignments, 2017
• Health and Welfare
• State & Local Government, Vice chair
• Transportation and Safety

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Briggs served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Bryan Langan is running in the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on August 6, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Bryan Langan
Bryan Langan

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Incumbent Richard Briggs and Kent Morrell are running in the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on August 6, 2026.

Candidate
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Richard Briggs
Image of Kent Morrell
Kent Morrell

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2022

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Incumbent Richard Briggs defeated Bryan Langan in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Richard Briggs
Richard Briggs (R)
 
62.3
 
32,925
Image of Bryan Langan
Bryan Langan (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.7
 
19,894

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 52,819
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Bryan Langan advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bryan Langan
Bryan Langan Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
7,395

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,395
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Incumbent Richard Briggs defeated Kent Morrell in the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Richard Briggs
Richard Briggs
 
66.1
 
8,575
Image of Kent Morrell
Kent Morrell Candidate Connection
 
33.9
 
4,395

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,970
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2018

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Incumbent Richard Briggs defeated Jamie Ballinger in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Richard Briggs
Richard Briggs (R)
 
55.6
 
38,558
Image of Jamie Ballinger
Jamie Ballinger (D)
 
44.4
 
30,826

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,384
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Jamie Ballinger advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jamie Ballinger
Jamie Ballinger
 
100.0
 
9,319

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,319
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7

Incumbent Richard Briggs advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 7 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Richard Briggs
Richard Briggs
 
100.0
 
19,166

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,166
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2014

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for 18 seats in the Tennessee State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. A general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. Cheri Siler was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Richard Briggs defeated incumbent Stacey Campfield and Mike Alford in the Republican primary. Briggs defeated Siler in the general election.[1][2]

Tennessee State Senate District 7, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Briggs 65.3% 27,942
     Democratic Cheri K. Siler 34.7% 14,880
Total Votes 42,822


Tennessee State Senate, District 7 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Briggs 69.8% 14,056
Stacey Campfield 24.2% 4,864
Mike Alford 6% 1,204
Total Votes 20,124

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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2014

Briggs' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[3]

Job Creation is Priority #1

  • Excerpt: "Promoting Small Business and Limiting Government Regulation."

Improving Education

  • Excerpt: "Supporting Teachers and Higher Academic Standards."

Conservative Values

  • Excerpt: "100% Pro-Life and Pro-2nd Amendment."

No State Income Tax

  • Excerpt: "Always Opposed Any Tax Increase."

100% against Obamacare

  • Excerpt: "Will fight for all Tennesseans against Obamacare."

Campaign finance summary

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Richard Briggs campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Tennessee State Senate District 7Won general$580,515 $451,823
2018Tennessee State Senate District 7Won general$353,612 N/A**
2014Tennessee State Senate, District 7Won $509,407 N/A**
Grand total$1,443,534 $451,823
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Briggs endorsed Jeb Bush for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[4]

See also: Endorsements for Jeb Bush

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Tennessee

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 7, 2014 Election Results," accessed September 11, 2014
    2. ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Petitions Filed for State Senate and State House of Representatives," accessed April 5, 2014
    3. ↑ Briggs for Senate, "On the Issues," accessed July 17, 2014
    4. ↑ The Tennessean, "TN lawmakers join Jeb Bush steering committee," December 10, 2015

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Stacey Campfield (R)     		Tennessee State Senate District 7
    2014-Present    		 Succeeded by
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