Erika Stotts Pearson
Erika Stotts Pearson (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 30. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on August 1, 2024.[source]
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2024
General election
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The primary will occur on August 1, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for Tennessee State Senate District 30
Mitchell Morrison is running in the general election for Tennessee State Senate District 30 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Mitchell Morrison (Independent) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 30
Incumbent Sara Kyle and Erika Stotts Pearson are running in the Democratic primary for Tennessee State Senate District 30 on August 1, 2024.
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 | Sara Kyle | |
 | Erika Stotts Pearson | |
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2020
See also: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff defeated Erika Stotts Pearson, James Hart, and Jon Dillard in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Kustoff (R) | 68.5 | 227,216 |
| Erika Stotts Pearson (D) | 29.5 | 97,890 | |
 | James Hart (Independent) | 1.1 | 3,763 | |
 | Jon Dillard (Independent) | 0.9 | 2,984 | |
| Total votes: 331,853 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Erika Stotts Pearson defeated Savannah Williamson, Lawrence Pivnick, and Hollis Skinner in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erika Stotts Pearson | 51.1 | 14,510 |
| Savannah Williamson | 20.4 | 5,788 | |
 | Lawrence Pivnick | 16.5 | 4,685 | |
| Hollis Skinner | 11.9 | 3,389 | |
| Total votes: 28,372 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Kustoff | 100.0 | 70,677 |
| Total votes: 70,677 | |||
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2018
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff defeated Erika Stotts Pearson and James Hart in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Kustoff (R) | 67.7 | 168,030 |
| Erika Stotts Pearson (D) | 30.1 | 74,755 | |
| James Hart (Independent) | 2.2 | 5,560 | |
| Total votes: 248,345 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Erika Stotts Pearson defeated John Boatner Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erika Stotts Pearson | 50.4 | 17,137 |
 | John Boatner Jr. | 49.6 | 16,847 | |
| Total votes: 33,984 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8
Incumbent David Kustoff defeated George Flinn Jr. and Colleen Owens in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 8 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Kustoff | 56.0 | 57,741 |
 | George Flinn Jr. | 39.7 | 40,903 | |
 | Colleen Owens | 4.3 | 4,460 | |
| Total votes: 103,104 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher did not seek re-election to his seat in 2016. Twenty-one candidates filed in the race to replace him. David Kustoff (R) defeated Rickey Hobson (D), and independents Shelia Godwin, James Hart, Adrian Montague, Mark Rawles, and Karen Free Spirit Talley-Lane in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hobson defeated Gregory Alan Frye in the Democratic primary, while Kustoff defeated 12 other candidates in the Republican primary. The primary elections took place on August 4, 2016.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  David Kustoff |
68.8% | 194,386 | |
| Democratic | Rickey Hobson | 25.1% | 70,925 | |
| Independent | Shelia Godwin | 2.3% | 6,442 | |
| Independent | James Hart | 1.4% | 4,057 | |
| Independent | Adrian Montague | 0.9% | 2,497 | |
| Independent | Mark Rawles | 0.9% | 2,445 | |
| Independent | Karen Free Spirit Talley-Lane | 0.7% | 1,981 | |
| Total Votes | 282,733 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Rickey Hobson |
54.8% | 7,774 | ||
| Gregory Frye | 45.2% | 6,413 | ||
| Total Votes | 14,187 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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David Kustoff |
27.4% | 16,889 | ||
| George Flinn Jr. | 23.1% | 14,200 | ||
| Mark Luttrell | 17.7% | 10,878 | ||
| Brian Kelsey | 12.9% | 7,942 | ||
| Brad Greer | 11.1% | 6,819 | ||
| Tom Leatherwood | 4.3% | 2,620 | ||
| Hunter Baker | 1.6% | 1,014 | ||
| Ken Atkins | 0.7% | 410 | ||
| Raymond Honeycutt | 0.4% | 231 | ||
| George Howell | 0.3% | 211 | ||
| David Wharton | 0.2% | 131 | ||
| David Bault | 0.2% | 109 | ||
| David Maldonado | 0.1% | 76 | ||
| Total Votes | 61,530 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State |
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Pearson dropped out of the race prior to the primary.
Campaign themes
2024
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2020
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