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  TN Senate 29 - Special D Primary
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Parents > United States > Tennessee > TN State Senate > TN Senate 29
OfficeState Senate
HonorificState Senate - Abbr: St. Sen.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2002 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open August 04, 2005 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close August 04, 2005 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start September 29, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End April 19, 2006 - 12:00pm
ContributorServo
Last ModifiedRBH February 16, 2018 09:16pm
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Description St. Sen. John Ford resigned his seat on May 28, 2005, after an arrest in a joint FBI/TBI sting operation.

Gov. Phil Bredesen called for a special election to be held for this seat in 2005 -- August 4 for the primary election and September 15 for the general election.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/2002
NameJohn N. Ford Votes27,480 (100.00%)
Term01/03/2003 - 05/28/2005 Margin27,480 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won09/15/2005
NameOphelia Ford Votes4,332 (49.56%)
Term09/29/2005 - 04/19/2006 Margin12 (+0.14%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceTN Senate 29 - Special Election 09/15/2005

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Name Ophelia Ford St. Rep. Henri E. Brooks Stephen "Steve" Haley St. Rep. Barbara W. Cooper St. Rep. John J. DeBerry, Jr. Jennings Bernard Kevin McLellan
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 1,336 (28.54%) 1,316 (28.11%) 647 (13.82%) 598 (12.78%) 425 (9.08%) 118 (2.52%) 111 (2.37%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -20 (-0.43%) -689 (-14.72%) -738 (-15.77%) -911 (-19.46%) -1,218 (-26.02%) -1,225 (-26.17%)
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Name John Brown Laura Davis  
PartyDemocratic Democratic  
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Uncertified Votes 104 (2.22%) 26 (0.56%)  
Margin-1,232 (-26.32%) -1,310 (-27.99%)  
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