Tyese Hunter

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Tyese R. Hunter

Prior offices

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 6

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 2, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Auburn University

Graduate

Tennessee State University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Navy Reserve

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

Profession

Professor

Contact

Personal website

Personal Facebook

Tyese Hunter was the District 6 member of the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education in Tennessee. Hunter lost the general election on August 2, 2018.

Biography

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Hunter earned her bachelor's degree from Auburn University and her master's degree from Tennessee State University. During that time, she also served in the U.S. Naval Reserves. After graduating with her master's degree, she worked as a speech language pathologist in both the medical field and for three years in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. She has worked as a faculty member in the department of speech pathology and audiology at Tennessee State University.

Elections

2018

School board

See also: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools elections (2018)

General election

General election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 6

Fran Bush defeated incumbent Tyese R. Hunter, Aaron McGee, and Earl Lattimore in the general election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 6 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Fran Bush (Nonpartisan)	36.1	2,531
		Tyese R. Hunter (Nonpartisan)	29.6	2,078
	Submit photo	Aaron McGee (Nonpartisan)	25.2	1,764
	Submit photo	Earl Lattimore (Nonpartisan)	8.8	619
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	17

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,009
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Juvenile court clerk

See also: Municipal elections in Davidson County, Tennessee (2018)

General election

General election for Davidson County Juvenile Court Clerk

Lonnell Matthews Jr. won election in the general election for Davidson County Juvenile Court Clerk on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lonnell Matthews Jr. (Nonpartisan)	99.5	77,449
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	399

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,848
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Davidson County Juvenile Court Clerk

Lonnell Matthews Jr. defeated Sherry Jones, Michael Joyner, Jeff Crum, and Tyese R. Hunter in the Democratic primary for Davidson County Juvenile Court Clerk on May 1, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lonnell Matthews Jr.	37.7	25,145
		Sherry Jones	33.8	22,563
		Michael Joyner	15.6	10,416
	Submit photo	Jeff Crum	6.7	4,440
		Tyese R. Hunter	6.2	4,114

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,678
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2014

See also: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools elections (2014)

The August 7, 2014, general election ballot for District 2 included incumbent Jo Ann Brannon and candidates Edward Arnold and Bernie Driscoll. The District 4 ballot included incumbent Anna Shepherd and candidates Rhonda F. Dixon and Pam Swoner. District 6 incumbent Cheryl Mayes faced Tyese R. Hunter. The District 8 ballot included candidates Mary Pierce and Becky Sharpe.

Results

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, District 6, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Tyese R. Hunter	57.9%	2,345
	Nonpartisan	Cheryl Mayes Incumbent	41.7%	1,688
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.4%	18
Total Votes				4,051
Source: Nashville, Tennessee, "Election Results August 7, 2014," accessed June 10, 2015

Funding

The Nashville Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Endorsements

Hunter was endorsed by the Service Employees International Union, Stand for Children and Jeff Bradford, CEO of the Bradford Group.

See also

• Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools elections (2018)

External links

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