Steven Dickerson

Steven Dickerson

Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 20th^[1] district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2013
Preceded by	Joe M. Haynes
Personal details
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Residence	Nashville, Tennessee
Alma mater	Sewanee: The University of the South Wake Forest School of Medicine
Profession	Physician
Website	votestevedickerson.com

Steven Dickerson^[2] is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing District 20 since January 8, 2013.

Education

Dickerson earned his BA in history from Sewanee: The University of the South and his MD from Wake Forest School of Medicine.

Elections

2012 Redistricted to District 20, and with incumbent Democratic Senator Joe M. Haynes retiring and leaving the seat open, Dickerson ran in the three-way August 2, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 3,921 votes (48.5%),^[3] and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 46,254 votes (54.1%) against Democratic nominee Phillip North.^[4]

2010 Dickerson, initially to challenge District 21 incumbent Democratic Senator Douglas Henry, ran in the August 5, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 5,662 votes (56.6%),^[5] but lost the November 2, 2010 General election to Senator Henry.^[6]

References

↑ "Senator Steven Dickerson". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
↑ "Steven Dickerson's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
↑ "State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Republican Primary" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 115. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
↑ "State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
↑ "State of Tennessee August 5, 2010 Republican Primary" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
↑ "State of Tennessee November 2, 2010 State General" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 19. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

External links

Official page at the Tennessee General Assembly
Campaign site

Profile at Project Vote Smart
Steven Dickerson at Ballotpedia
Steven Dickerson at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

Members of the Tennessee State Senate

109th General Assembly (2015–2017) Speaker of the Senate: Ron Ramsey (R) Speaker pro Tempore: Bo Watson (R) Majority Leader: Mark Norris (R) Minority Leader: Lee Harris (D)

Steve Southerland (R) Doug Overbey (R) Rusty Crowe (R) Ron Ramsey (R) Randy McNally (R) Becky Duncan Massey (R) Richard Briggs (R) Frank S. Niceley (R) Mike Bell (R) Todd Gardenhire (R) Bo Watson (R) Ken Yager (R) Bill Ketron (R) Jim Tracy (R) Paul Bailey (R) Janice Bowling (R) Mae Beavers (R) Ferrell Haile (R) Thelma Harper (D) Steven Dickerson (R) Jeff Yarbro (D) Mark Green (R) Jack Johnson (R) John Stevens (R) Kerry Roberts (R) Dolores Gresham (R) Ed Jackson (R) Joey Hensley (R) Lee Harris (D) Sara Kyle (D) Brian Kelsey (R) Mark Norris (R) Reginald Tate (D)

Republican (28) Democratic (5) Tennessee General Assembly Tennessee House of Representatives Tennessee State Senate

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