Rick Shannon

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Rick Shannon

Independent

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Years of service

1987 - 1992

Personal

Birthplace

Baltimore, Md.

Religion

Christian

Contact

Campaign website

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Rick Shannon (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Shannon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Rick Shannon was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1987 to 1992.

Elections

2022

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Andy Ogles defeated Heidi Campbell, Derrick Brantley, Daniel Cooper, and Rick Shannon in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ogles (R)	55.8	123,558
		Heidi Campbell (D)	42.3	93,648
		Derrick Brantley (Independent)	0.9	2,090
	Submit photo	Daniel Cooper (Independent)	0.5	1,132
		Rick Shannon (Independent)	0.4	847

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 221,275
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Heidi Campbell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Heidi Campbell	100.0	30,830

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Justicia Rizzo (D)
• Jim Cooper (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ogles	35.4	21,325
		Beth Harwell	24.9	15,021
	Submit photo	Kurt Winstead	21.1	12,721
		Jeff Beierlein	6.8	4,093
		Robby Starbuck (Write-in)	4.1	2,492
		Natisha Brooks	2.9	1,747
		Geni Batchelor	1.7	1,017
	Submit photo	Timothy Lee	1.4	845
		Stewart Parks	1.0	586
		Tres Wittum	0.7	398

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,245
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Grams (R)
• Richie Lee (R)
• Quincy McKnight (R)
• Baxter Lee (R)
• David Vitalli (R)
• Morgan Ortagus (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rick Shannon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Shannon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Local entrepreneur, veteran, author, father, and pastor, Rick Shannon, is officially announcing his U.S. Congressional candidacy for United States Congress for Tennessee's 5th District as an Independent. Rick has spent his whole life serving others in everything he has ever done and wants to share that passion and expertise with our community here in Mid TN

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• To bring the "United" back to our United States.
• We are all Americans. We have to stop letting special interest groups tell us who we are.
• Race, religion, sexual orientation, or financial status, doesn't matter when a disaster happens. It shouldn't matter any other time.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

From our border security to our education system, everything is broken. We need to come together to solve every aspect of our broken government and government's overreach. We are a free nation where our freedoms are being stripped without any accountability.

We have to have term limits to eliminate career politicians. We cannot have a society that is evolving with politicians that are not. People of the people, not professional politicians.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The biggest challenge will be, to come back together as Americans and stop letting interest groups separate us.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

There should be term limits on all politicians.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

While personal views are an individual's driving force, one must sometimes compromise for the benefit of all.

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Footnotes

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (1)

Vacancies (1)