Tami Sawyer
2024 - Present
2032
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Tami Sawyer (Democratic Party) is the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk in Tennessee. Sawyer assumed office on September 1, 2024. Sawyer's current term ends on September 1, 2032.
Sawyer (Democratic Party) ran for election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk in Tennessee. Sawyer won in the general election on August 1, 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 Sawyer in this election.
2018
General election
Tami Sawyer defeated Sam Goff in the general election for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7 on August 2, 2018.
General election
General election for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tami Sawyer (D) | 80.5 | 7,701 |
| Sam Goff (R) | 19.4 | 1,854 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 9,566 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Tami Sawyer defeated Stephanie Gatewood and Eric Dunn in the Democratic primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7 on May 1, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tami Sawyer | 50.3 | 2,249 |
 | Stephanie Gatewood | 35.7 | 1,599 | |
| Eric Dunn | 14.0 | 627 | ||
| Total votes: 4,475 | |||
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Republican primary election
Sam Goff advanced from the Republican primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7 on May 1, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sam Goff | 100.0 | 646 | |
| Total votes: 646 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 4, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 7, 2016.
Incumbent John DeBerry, Jr. ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 general election.[1][2]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 90 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  John DeBerry, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State | ||
Incumbent John DeBerry, Jr. defeated Tami Sawyer in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 90 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John DeBerry, Jr. Incumbent |
56.63% | 2,729 | |
| Democratic | Tami Sawyer | 43.37% | 2,090 | |
| Total Votes | 4,819 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tami Sawyer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Tami Sawyer participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on June 1, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Tami Sawyer's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Economic Development & Access to Jobs
Criminal Justice Reform |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | - Crafting public policy to provide opportunities, access & resources for underserved communities and to increase equity along lines of race, class, sexuality & genderCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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” |
Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Tami Sawyer answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Politically, I admire President Barack Obama and the former Mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. I also admire Stacey Abrams, Democratic Nominee for Governor of Georgia and Mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Lumumba. The thread that connects them all is the ability to build grassroots support around the need for equity and change.[7] | ” |
| “ | The Podcast Making Obama[7] | ” |
2016
Sawyer's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[8]
Criminal justice reform
- Excerpt: "Decriminalization of non felony Marijuana activities"
Education reform
- Excerpt: "Creating a bi-partisan task force that would examine and propose solutions for the school to prison pipeline"
Workforce and industry revitalization
- Excerpt: "Creating an economic environment that allows for technological innovation and development"
Women's rights
- Excerpt: "Blocking legislation that limits women's control over their own bodies"
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2016," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "2016 general election results - Tennessee House of Representatives," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 8, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 4, 2016 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 4, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Tami Sawyer's responses," June 1, 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tami for Tennessee, "Home," accessed July 8, 2016
