Paddy Sizemore
Paddy Sizemore (independent) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 40. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Sizemore completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
In 2020, Sizemore participated in a Candidate Conversation hosted by Ballotpedia and EnCiv. Click here to view the recording.
Biography
Paddy Sizemore earned an undergraduate degree from Tennessee Technological University in January 2009 and a graduate degree from Western Kentucky University in January 2015. He has been affiliated with the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Terri Lynn Weaver defeated Paddy Sizemore in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Terri Lynn Weaver (R) | 78.8 | 25,986 |
 | Paddy Sizemore (Independent)  | 21.2 | 6,991 | |
| Total votes: 32,977 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Terri Lynn Weaver advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terri Lynn Weaver | 100.0 | 9,370 |
| Total votes: 9,370 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Candidate Conversations
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Paddy Sizemore completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sizemore's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Progress: We can all agree that the world has changed. This isn't political rhetoric. 2020 and beyond is, and will be, fundamentally different. The state of Tennessee has become more and more conservative in its approach. That's all well and good socially. It's even fine fiscally, when the good times are rolling. But now? Now is not the time to be conservative in our approach. Like those who elected FDR so many times during The Great Depression, I think we can all agree that we need to vote for a Progressive on November 3rd. And I'm the only one.
- Economy: We need to help small businesses and hard-working people get back to what they do best. Tennesseans have either already lost their jobs or will lose their jobs. Small businesses are struggling everywhere, and many have already closed. We can't just sit around and hope for the best. We have to do whatever it takes, in a non-partisan manner. We can't remain so set in our ways that we refuse to consider creative solutions to unprecedented problems.
- Healthcare: Tennessee is one of the few holdouts who refuses to accept Federal funds to expand our Medicare program. Tennessee has twice as many COVID-19 cases as Kentucky because of our refusal to be progressive. I've said it once and I'll say it as many times as needed: now is not the time to be conservative in our approach, and especially not with healthcare. If you don't have your health, you don't have anything.
Intelligence. Conscientiousness. Empathy. Rationality. Curiosity.
Sometimes, like "the wand chooses the wizard", the book chooses the reader - or so it seemed.
The easy answer would be some buzzwords that aligned with what voters think my perception should be.
The hard answer will probably include things like "the challenge of providing humane, dignified, in-home care for elderly baby boomers in less-populated suburbs and rural areas."
I admire legislators who care more about doing what is right than winning re-election or making a political party happy. I like to approach the notion of getting elected, or getting re-elected, as a side-effect of being the right kind of person for the job. Guys like John McCain may have run for President with a "D" or an "R" next to their names, but the reality is they both adhere to their own internal compass.
Colin Powell, while not a legislator, was much the same way - perhaps a bit Democrat, then perhaps a bit Republican. But always an independent.
Heck, even Mitt Romney jumped over the party line to do what he saw as the right thing. I admire that.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2020
