Tom Emerson Jr.
Tom Emerson Jr. (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Tennessee. Emerson lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2020.
Emerson was a 2014 Tea Party candidate seeking election to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee.[1] Tom Emerson Jr. lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Emerson served in the U.S. Navy for six years as a data systems technician.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Hagerty (R) | 62.2 | 1,840,926 |
 | Marquita Bradshaw (D)  | 35.2 | 1,040,691 | |
 | Elizabeth McLeod (Independent) | 0.6 | 16,652 | |
 | Yomi Faparusi (Independent) | 0.4 | 10,727 | |
| Steven Hooper (Independent) | 0.3 | 9,609 | ||
 | Kacey Morgan (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.3 | 9,598 | |
 | Ronnie Henley (Independent) | 0.3 | 8,478 | |
 | Aaron James (Independent) | 0.2 | 7,203 | |
 | Eric William Stansberry (Independent) | 0.2 | 6,781 | |
 | Dean Hill (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,872 | |
 | Jeffrey Grunau (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,160 | |
 | John Gentry (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 64 | |
| Total votes: 2,959,761 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Kovach (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
Marquita Bradshaw defeated Robin Kimbrough Hayes, James Mackler, Gary Davis, and Mark Pickrell in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marquita Bradshaw | 35.5 | 117,962 |
 | Robin Kimbrough Hayes | 26.6 | 88,492 | |
 | James Mackler | 23.8 | 78,966 | |
 | Gary Davis | 9.3 | 30,758 | |
 | Mark Pickrell | 4.8 | 16,045 | |
| Total votes: 332,223 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Diana Onyejiaka (D)
- Tharon Chandler (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Hagerty | 50.8 | 331,267 |
 | Manny Sethi | 39.4 | 257,223 | |
 | George Flinn Jr. | 3.4 | 22,454 | |
 | Jon Henry | 1.2 | 8,104 | |
 | Natisha Brooks | 1.2 | 8,072 | |
 | Byron Bush | 0.8 | 5,420 | |
| Clifford Adkins | 0.8 | 5,316 | ||
 | Terry Dicus | 0.3 | 2,279 | |
 | Tom Emerson Jr. | 0.3 | 2,252 | |
 | David Schuster | 0.3 | 2,045 | |
| John Osborne | 0.3 | 1,877 | ||
 | Roy Cope | 0.3 | 1,791 | |
 | Kent Morrell | 0.3 | 1,769 | |
 | Aaron Pettigrew | 0.2 | 1,622 | |
| Glen Neal | 0.2 | 1,233 | ||
| Total votes: 652,724 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Garrett Nichols (R)
- Johnny Presley (R)
- Larry Crim (R)
- Jim Elkins (R)
- Josh Gapp (R)
- Clyde Benson (R)
- Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (R)
2014
Emerson was in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Tennessee. Tom Emerson Jr. lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Lamar Alexander Incumbent |
61.9% | 850,087 | |
| Democratic | Gordon Ball | 31.9% | 437,848 | |
| Independent | Ed Gauthier | 0.2% | 2,314 | |
| Independent | Bartholomew Phillips | 0.2% | 2,386 | |
| Independent | C. Salekin | 0.1% | 787 | |
| Independent | Danny Page | 0.6% | 7,713 | |
| Independent | Eric Schechter | 0.1% | 1,673 | |
| Constitution | Joe Wilmoth | 2.6% | 36,088 | |
| Independent | Joshua James | 0.4% | 5,678 | |
| Independent | Rick Tyler | 0.4% | 5,759 | |
| Tea Party | Tom Emerson, Jr. | 0.8% | 11,157 | |
| Green | Martin Pleasant | 0.9% | 12,570 | |
| Write-in | Erin Kent Magee | 0% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 1,374,065 | |||
| Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics" | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tom Emerson Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
