| Tennessee's 17th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 88% White 5% Black 4% Hispanic 1% Asian 1% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 216,871 [1] | ||
Tennessee's 17th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Mark Pody since a 2017 special election to replace fellow Republican Mae Beavers. [2]
District 17 covers rural and suburban Middle Tennessee to the east of Nashville, including all of Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith, and Wilson Counties. Communities in the district include Mount Juliet, Lebanon, Smithville, Lafayette, Carthage, Woodbury, Celina, and Green Hill. [3]
The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 6th congressional district, and overlaps with the 38th, 40th, 46th, and 57th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives. [4] It borders the state of Kentucky. [1]
Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding elections in presidential years.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mark Pody (incumbent) | 53,364 | 70.4 | |
| Democratic | Mary Alice Carfi | 22,452 | 29.6 | |
| Total votes | 75,816 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
In August 2017, incumbent Republican Mae Beavers resigned to focus on her ultimately unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign, triggering a special election that December. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mark Pody | 5,995 | 51.3 | |
| Democratic | Mary Alice Carfi | 5,688 | 48.7 | |
| Total votes | 11,683 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mae Beavers (incumbent) | 16,177 | 59.3 | |
| Republican | Clark Boyd | 11,104 | 40.7 | |
| Total votes | 27,281 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Mae Beavers (incumbent) | 35,454 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 35,454 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [7] [8] |
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| 2020 | President | Trump 71.9 – 26.1% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 72.2 – 23.8% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 69.1 – 29.5% |
| Senate | Corker 73.3 – 22.1% |
Mae Beavers is an American politician. A Republican, she was a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 17th district from 2003 until she resigned to run for governor in August 2017. The 17th district is composed of Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith, and Wilson counties. Prior to becoming a state senator, Beavers was a state representative in the 99th through the 102nd General Assemblies. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election.
Mark Allen Pody is an American politician, elected as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from the 17th district, encompassing Cannon County, Clay County, Dekalb County, Macon County, Smith County and Wilson County. Pody resides in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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