| Tennessee's 29th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 21% White 73% Black 3% Hispanic 1% Asian 1% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 190,798 [1] | ||
Tennessee's 29th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Raumesh Akbari since 2018, succeeding fellow Democrat Lee Harris. [2]
District 29 is based in Memphis, following the Mississippi River to cover parts of South and Downtown Memphis – including much of historic Beale Street – as well as Millington and other unincorporated Shelby County suburbs to the north. [3]
The district is located almost entirely within Tennessee's 9th congressional district, with a very small section extending into the 8th district. It overlaps with the 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 90th, 91st, 93rd, and 99th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives, [4] and borders the states of Mississippi and Arkansas. [1]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Raumesh Akbari | 14,861 | 58.4 | |
| Democratic | Justin Ford | 10,577 | 41.6 | |
| Total votes | 25,438 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Raumesh Akbari | 43,851 | 83.5 | |
| Republican | Tom Stephens | 8,679 | 16.5 | |
| Total votes | 52,530 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Lee Harris | 10,517 | 42.5 | |
| Democratic | Ricky Dixon | 6,882 | 27.8 | |
| Democratic | Ophelia Ford (incumbent) | 6,756 | 27.3 | |
| Democratic | Herman Sawyer | 611 | 2.5 | |
| Total votes | 24,766 | 100 | ||
| Republican | Jim Finney | 3,111 | 82.0 | |
| Republican | Anthony Herron, Jr. | 682 | 18.0 | |
| Total votes | 3,793 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Lee Harris | 27,707 | 81.9 | |
| Republican | Jim Finney | 6,123 | 18.1 | |
| Total votes | 33,830 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 2020 | President | Biden 82.2 – 16.1% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 83.3 – 14.3% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 85.5 – 13.7% |
| Senate | Clayton 72.7 – 22.1% |
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