Dennis Clark (Tennessee congressional candidate)

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Dennis Clark

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November 5, 2024

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Dennis Clark (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2024

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, Wendell Wells, and Dennis Clark in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen (D)	71.3	159,522
		Charlotte Bergmann (R)	25.7	57,411
		Wendell Wells (Independent)	1.7	3,708
		Dennis Clark (Independent)	1.4	3,062

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 223,703
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Henry Reaves (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Corey Strong, M. LaTroy Williams, and Kasandra Smith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen	73.7	30,042
		Corey Strong	17.8	7,258
		M. LaTroy Williams	4.7	1,936
		Kasandra Smith	3.7	1,522

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,758
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	100.0	10,148

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,148
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Antwane Bohanon (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Clark in this election.

2022

See also: Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, George Flinn Jr., Dennis Clark, and Paul Cook in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen (D)	70.0	93,800
		Charlotte Bergmann (R)	26.2	35,123
		George Flinn Jr. (Independent)	2.5	3,349
		Dennis Clark (Independent)	0.9	1,160
		Paul Cook (Independent)	0.4	485
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 133,918
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Samuel Furrh (Independence Party)
• Mark Crain (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated M. LaTroy Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen	88.0	62,055
		M. LaTroy Williams	12.0	8,449

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,504
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ollie Nelson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann defeated Brown Dudley and Leo AwGoWhat in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	51.5	10,380
	Submit photo	Brown Dudley	43.5	8,760
	Submit photo	Leo AwGoWhat	5.0	1,000

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,140
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2020

See also: Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2020

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, Dennis Clark, Bobby Lyons, and Charles Shappley in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen (D)	77.4	187,905
		Charlotte Bergmann (R)	20.1	48,818
		Dennis Clark (Independent)	1.6	3,962
		Bobby Lyons (Independent)	0.9	2,192
	Submit photo	Charles Shappley (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 242,880
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Corey Strong and Leo AwGoWhat in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen	84.0	56,312
		Corey Strong	14.8	9,944
	Submit photo	Leo AwGoWhat	1.1	768

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,024
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• M. LaTroy Williams (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	100.0	12,160

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,160
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Charles Shappley (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dennis Clark did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Clark’s campaign website stated the following:

“	My Issues Women’s Rights Home Ownership Criminal Justice Reform Pro-Gun Civil Rights Educators Manufacturing Mental Health Agriculture Business Growth Employment Immigration	”
—Dennis Clark’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Dennis Clark did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Dennis Clark completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clark's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

The property in my family has been in my family since before Tennessee was a state.

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?

• Tennessee has to always be pro-gun
• Mental health is a serious matter that must be address
• Educating our kids

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am pro-gun, I want better mental health services for our people and our community. Fair and just education of our children is of the utmost importance. Our country must provide reparations to the descendants of the people who helped build this company and were unable to equally partake in the benefits.

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Campaign finance summary

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Dennis Clark campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Lost general	$9,991	$9,919
Grand total			$9,991	$9,919
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections 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.

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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

Matt Van Epps (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)