Gary Davis (Tennessee)
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Gary Davis
Elections and appointments
Gary Davis (Democratic Party) ran for election for President of the United States. He lost as a write-in in the Democratic convention on August 5, 2024.
Davis was a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. Davis lost the primary on August 2, 2018.
Davis was a 2016 Democratic candidate for president.[1][2]
Elections
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
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Kovach (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Diana Onyejiaka (D)
- Tharon Chandler (D)
Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)
2018
General election
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 6, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Phil Bredesen defeated Gary Davis and John Wolfe in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 2, 2018.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Billy Bailey (D)
Republican primary election
Marsha Blackburn defeated Aaron Pettigrew in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 2, 2018.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Crim (R)
- Stephen Lee Fincher (R)
- Rolando Toyos (R)
- Edgar A. Lawson (R)
2016
Davis was a 2016 Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
2014
Davis ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Tennessee. Gordon Ball defeated Davis in the Democratic primary.[3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Gordon Ball |
36.5% | 87,665 |
| Terry Adams | 35.6% | 85,528 |
| Gary Davis | 17.6% | 42,278 |
| Larry Crim | 10.3% | 24,778 |
| Total Votes | 240,249 | |
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
2012
Davis ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Tennessee. He was defeated by Mark Clayton in the August 2, 2012, Democratic primary.[4]
Campaign themes
2020
Gary Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Gary Davis participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 25, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Gary Davis' responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | To unite the people get the government to encourage people to be their very best to reexamine spending and redirect it to solve problems[6][7] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | promoting people to be their very bestCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Gary Davis answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | Earnest attempts at getting the government to work and be at its best[7] | ” |
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder?
| “ | I worked in aviation for many years this and talking to people with the focus of listing[7] | ” |
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at that time?
| “ | president being killed[7] | ” |
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
| “ | delivered newspapers had it for 2 years[7] | ” |
What is something that has been a struggle in your life?
| “ | understanding people and their actions[7] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2016 Presidential Form 2 Filers," accessed November 8, 2015
- ↑ Associated Press, "A look at the candidates for Tennessee’s open US Senate seat," July 7, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedapts - ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "2012 Unofficial Filings," April 5, 2012
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Gary Davis' responses," July 25, 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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