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Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

6

Clarksville City Council Ward 11

Years in office: 2018 - 2019

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Bill Powers (Republican Party) is a member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 22. He assumed office on April 25, 2019. His current term ends on November 7, 2028.

Powers (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 22. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Powers was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Powers was assigned to the following committees:

Transportation and Safety Committee, 1st Vice Chair
Senate Education Committee
State & Local Government Committee

2019-2020

Powers was assigned to the following committees:

Senate Government Operations Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Incumbent Bill Powers defeated Karen Reynolds in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers (R)	61.0	45,571
		Karen Reynolds (D)	39.0	29,180

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,751
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Karen Reynolds advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Reynolds	100.0	3,798

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,798
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Incumbent Bill Powers advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers	100.0	7,718

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,718
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Powers signed the following pledges.

U.S. Term Limits

2020

See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Incumbent Bill Powers defeated Ronnie Glynn in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers (R)	62.1	49,767
		Ronnie Glynn (D)	37.9	30,383

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,150
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Ronnie Glynn advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronnie Glynn	100.0	6,724

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,724
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Incumbent Bill Powers defeated Doug Englen in the Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers	52.8	8,338
		Doug Englen	47.2	7,468

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,806
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2019

See also: Tennessee state legislative special elections, 2019

General election

Special general election for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Bill Powers defeated Juanita Charles, Doyle Clark, and David Cutting in the special general election for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on April 23, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers (R)	53.6	6,461
		Juanita Charles (D)	44.4	5,352
		Doyle Clark (Independent)	1.3	155
		David Cutting (Independent)	0.7	84

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,052
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Juanita Charles advanced from the special Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on March 7, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juanita Charles	100.0	1,125

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 1,125
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22

Bill Powers defeated Jeff Burkhart, Betty Burchett, and Jason Knight in the special Republican primary for Tennessee State Senate District 22 on March 7, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers	37.3	2,782
		Jeff Burkhart	33.7	2,513
		Betty Burchett	17.4	1,297
		Jason Knight	11.6	868

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 7,460
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2018

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General election

General election for Clarksville City Council Ward 11

Incumbent Bill Powers won election in the general election for Clarksville City Council Ward 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Powers (Nonpartisan)	98.8	2,752
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	34

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,786
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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2019

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Campaign finance summary

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Bill Powers campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Tennessee State Senate District 22	Won general	$289,563	$256,639
2020	Tennessee State Senate District 22	Won general	$112,660	N/A**
2019	Tennessee State Senate District 22	Won general	$231,466	N/A**
Grand total			$633,689	$256,639
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Election 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.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Tennessee

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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2025.

Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2024.

Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Tennessee Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2023.

Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2022.

Americans for Prosperity - Tennessee — Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Tennessee Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2021.

Americans for Prosperity - Tennessee — Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Tennessee Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2020.

Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Family Action of Tennessee — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2019.

Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Tennesseans for Student Success — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2018.

Family Action of Tennessee — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to small business issues.
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry — Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.
Tennessee Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

See also

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Candidate

Tennessee State Senate District 22

Officeholder

Tennessee State Senate District 22

Personal

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Tennessee State Senate District 22 2019-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Clarksville City Council Ward 11 2018-2019	Succeeded by -

Current members of the Tennessee State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Randy McNally

Minority Leader:Raumesh Akbari

Senators

District 1

J. Lowe (R)

District 2

Tom Hatcher (R)

District 3

Rusty Crowe (R)

District 4

Bobby Harshbarger (R)

District 5

Randy McNally (R)

District 6

Becky Massey (R)

District 7

Richard Briggs (R)

District 8

Jessie Seal (R)

District 9

Steve Southerland (R)

District 10

Todd Gardenhire (R)

District 11

Bo Watson (R)

District 12

Ken Yager (R)

District 13

Dawn White (R)

District 14

Shane Reeves (R)

District 15

Paul Bailey (R)

District 16

Janice Bowling (R)

District 17

Mark Pody (R)

District 18

Ferrell Haile (R)

District 19

Charlane Oliver (D)

District 20

Heidi Campbell (D)

District 21

Jeff Yarbro (D)

District 22

Bill Powers (R)

District 23

Kerry Roberts (R)

District 24

John Stevens (R)

District 25

Ed Jackson (R)

District 26

Page Walley (R)

District 27

Jack Johnson (R)

District 28

Joey Hensley (R)

District 29

Raumesh Akbari (D)

District 30

Sara Kyle (D)

District 31

Brent Taylor (R)

District 32

Paul Rose (R)

District 33

London Lamar (D)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (6)

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