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Paul Sherrell

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Tennessee House of Representatives District 43

Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

8

Predecessor

Compensation

Elections and appointments

Contact

Paul Sherrell (Republican Party) is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 43. He assumed office on November 8, 2016. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Sherrell (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 43. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Sherrell was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Sherrell was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Sherrell was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Tennessee committee assignments, 2017
Criminal Justice
Health

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 House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

Republican primary election

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sherrell in this election.

2022

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

2020

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

Republican primary election

2018

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

2016

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 4, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 7, 2016.

Paul Sherrell defeated incumbent Kevin Dunlap in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 43 general election.[1][2]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 43 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Paul Sherrell 53.38% 11,692
     Democratic Kevin Dunlap Incumbent 46.62% 10,213
Total Votes 21,905
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State


Incumbent Kevin Dunlap ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 43 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 43 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Dunlap Incumbent (unopposed)


Paul Sherrell defeated Bob Robinson and Sam Elder in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 43 Republican primary.[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 43 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Paul Sherrell 45.16% 1,875
     Republican Bob Robinson 43.64% 1,812
     Republican Sam Elder 11.20% 465
Total Votes 4,152

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Paul Sherrell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Scorecards

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2023

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In 2023, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 21.

Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

2022

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show].   

In 2022, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 11 to April 28.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.

2021

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show].   

In 2021, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 5.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on the business community.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show].   

In 2020, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 19.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show].   

In 2019, the Tennessee General Assembly was in session January 8 through May 2.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2018

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2018, click [show].   

In 2018, the 110th Tennessee General Assembly, second session, was in session January 9 to April 27.

Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to small business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
  • Tennesseans for Student Success House and Senate (select year on the side pull-down menu)
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2017, click [show].   

In 2017, the 110th Tennessee General Assembly, first session, was in session January 10 to May 10.

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to conservation and environmental issues.
  • Tennesseans for Student Success House and Senate (select year on side pull down menu)
Legislators are scored on their votes on education related issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2016

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2016, click [show].   

In 2016, the 109th Tennessee General Assembly, second year, was in session from January 12 through April 22

Legislators are scored on their votes on fiscal legislation.
Legislators are scored by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce on "issues in the chamber’s four key policy baskets: Business-friendly environment, workforce development, quality of life and regional efforts to encourage economic prosperity."[5]
Legislators are scored on their votes related to conservation and environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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