Yomi Faparusi
Yomi Faparusi (independent) (also known as Fapas) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Biography
Yomi Faparusi was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. He earned an M.D. from the University of Ibadan in 1997, a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in 2005, and a J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 2009. Faparusi’s career experience includes working as a licensed physician, immigration attorney, and consultant.[1]
Faparusi is a licensed physician, attorney and researcher who runs a law practice, a consultancy partnership and a service oriented company.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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 U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Yomi Faparusi, Jim Larkin, and Bob Titley are running in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 5, 2024.
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| Bob Titley (Independent) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Maryam Abolfazli is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Arnie Malham (D)
- Kiran Sreepada (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Incumbent Andy Ogles and Courtney Johnston are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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2020
See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Hagerty (R) | 62.2 | 1,840,926 |
 | Marquita Bradshaw (D) | 35.2 | 1,040,691 | |
 | Elizabeth McLeod (Independent) | 0.6 | 16,652 | |
| Yomi Faparusi (Independent) | 0.4 | 10,727 | |
| Steven Hooper (Independent) | 0.3 | 9,609 | |
 | Kacey Morgan (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.3 | 9,598 | |
 | Ronnie Henley (Independent) | 0.3 | 8,478 | |
 | Aaron James (Independent) | 0.2 | 7,203 | |
 | Eric William Stansberry (Independent) | 0.2 | 6,781 | |
 | Dean Hill (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,872 | |
 | Jeffrey Grunau (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,160 | |
 | John Gentry (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 64 | |
| Total votes: 2,959,761 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Kovach (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
Marquita Bradshaw defeated Robin Kimbrough Hayes, James Mackler, Gary Davis, and Mark Pickrell in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marquita Bradshaw | 35.5 | 117,962 |
 | Robin Kimbrough Hayes | 26.6 | 88,492 | |
 | James Mackler | 23.8 | 78,966 | |
 | Gary Davis | 9.3 | 30,758 | |
 | Mark Pickrell | 4.8 | 16,045 | |
| Total votes: 332,223 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Diana Onyejiaka (D)
- Tharon Chandler (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Hagerty | 50.8 | 331,267 |
 | Manny Sethi | 39.4 | 257,223 | |
 | George Flinn Jr. | 3.4 | 22,454 | |
 | Jon Henry | 1.2 | 8,104 | |
 | Natisha Brooks | 1.2 | 8,072 | |
 | Byron Bush | 0.8 | 5,420 | |
| Clifford Adkins | 0.8 | 5,316 | |
 | Terry Dicus | 0.3 | 2,279 | |
 | Tom Emerson Jr. | 0.3 | 2,252 | |
 | David Schuster | 0.3 | 2,045 | |
| John Osborne | 0.3 | 1,877 | |
 | Roy Cope | 0.3 | 1,791 | |
 | Kent Morrell | 0.3 | 1,769 | |
 | Aaron Pettigrew | 0.2 | 1,622 | |
| Glen Neal | 0.2 | 1,233 | |
| Total votes: 652,724 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (R)
- Garrett Nichols (R)
- Johnny Presley (R)
- Larry Crim (R)
- Jim Elkins (R)
- Josh Gapp (R)
- Clyde Benson (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Scott DesJarlais (R) defeated Steven Reynolds (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. DesJarlais defeated Yomi Faparusi, Erran Persley, and Grant Starrett in the Republican primary on August 4, 2016.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Scott DesJarlais Incumbent |
65% | 165,796 | |
| Democratic | Steven Reynolds | 35% | 89,141 | |
| Total Votes | 254,937 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Scott DesJarlais Incumbent |
52.1% | 24,211 | ||
| Grant Starrett | 43.3% | 20,138 | ||
| Erran Persley | 3.5% | 1,615 | ||
| Yomi Faparusi | 1.1% | 493 | ||
| Total Votes | 46,457 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State |
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2014
Faparusi ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 4th District. He was defeated in the Republican primary.[6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Scott DesJarlais Incumbent |
44.9% | 34,793 | ||
| Jim Tracy | 44.8% | 34,755 | ||
| John Anderson | 5.9% | 4,592 | ||
| Steve Lane | 1.9% | 1,483 | ||
| David Tate | 1.2% | 938 | ||
| Michael Warden | 0.9% | 659 | ||
| Oluyomi Faparusi | 0.4% | 284 | ||
| Total Votes | 77,504 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2024
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2020
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I am Yomi Faparusi (also known as Fapas) and I am running for election, as an Independent, to the U.S. Senate to represent Tennessee. I was raised on the campus of the University of Ibadan, in Nigeria. I learned the value of education and hard work from his parents who had a small thriving business in addition to being college professors. At a young age, I worked at the family business. Thus, I understand the importance of small businesses, especially in Tennessee.
Through hard work and perseverance, I attended medical school and eventually graduated with a PHD from John Hopkins School of Public Health. I also holds a Juris Doctorate. I am active in my community leader where I mentor . I am also a business owner in Brentwood, Tennessee.
The desire to give back to America and an enthusiasm for helping others achieve the American Dream have driven me to seek election to the United States Senate.
I am married to Yetunde and we have three sons-Laolu, Baba and Yomi Jr. I attend Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Today, we face a public health crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a licensed physician, I will bring the requisite knowledge to the US Senate to formulate policies that would address current and future health care issues. COVID 19 has also shown that a healthy America is a healthy economy. Health is a right and not a luxury. Healthcare could be affordable and be of premium quality at the same time.
I will address the socio economic inequalities in our society, from its roots. We have to prevent the extinction of the middle class. A good way to jumpstart the economy is to encourage small businesses, the basic unit of our economy, to thrive.
- Finally, as a practicing immigration attorney, I will put partisan politics aside and work across the aisle to resolve our immigration crisis. We can no longer entrench this as a wedge issue for both major parties to leverage in every election cycle. These two critical questions must be answered: "what do we do with undocumented immigrants already inside the US?" and "how do we stop illegal immigration?"
1. Healthcare
2. Economy
3. Immigration
An elected official must be a good and patient listener. The official must be accessible and must realize it is a special honor to be serve. Finally, it is important to be willing to sacrifice being re-elected for what you believe is just.
I am a small business owner hence I understand the challenges and importance of the sector. As a licensed physician, I will bring the requisite knowledge to the US Senate to formulate policies that would address current and future health care issues. Finally, as a practicing immigration attorney, I will put partisan politics aside to resolve our immigration crisis.
I grew up overseas and I have seen how easy it is for the middle class to become extinct. That is what I want to prevent in the United States. The existence of a middle class is the difference between a developed nation and a developing nation.
The individual must put his constituents first before partisan affiliation. It has to be people over party.
I will like to be remembered as someone who was fair, compassionate and was willing to work across the aisle to get things done. I want to be remembered as someone who put in more action than talk.
The Gulf War. I was almost 17 years when it started.
My first job was working in my mother's small business- for almost 5 years
Partisan divide and racial disunity
It is an institution with rules that protect the minority party. Rephrased, it is not one run on simple majority hence it compels senators to work across the aisle on many key issues.
No, I do not.
I think it is necessary to protect valid minority reservations- it is along the lines of it gives an "Opportunity to be Heard"
I will look at whether the appointee has the requisite experience and how the appointee answers my direct questions on issues I want clarity with.
Yes, I think that is a necessity. Personal relationships often supercede partisan ideology and this can be leveraged to get things done.
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Judiciary
Foreign Relations
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2016
The following issues were listed on Faparusi's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Faparusi is married with three sons.[2]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 22, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fapas for Congress, "About Fapas," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 7, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Tennessee House Primaries Results," August 4, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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