Tennessee's 3rd Senate district

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Tennessee's 3rd
State Senate district
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Senator
  Rusty Crowe
R Johnson City
Demographics91%  White
3%  Black
3%  Hispanic
1%  Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)188,774 [1]

Tennessee's 3rd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rusty Crowe since 1990. [2]

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Geography

District 3 is based in Johnson City, the southernmost Tri-Cities, covering all of Unicoi and Washington Counties and most of Carter County. Other communities in the district include Elizabethton, Jonesborough, Erwin, Oak Grove, and Unicoi. [3]

The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives. [4] It borders the state of North Carolina. [1]

Recent election results

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.

2018

2018 Tennessee Senate election, District 3 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 50,236 100
Total votes50,236 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 3 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 32,508 100
Total votes32,508 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [6]
2020 President Trump 70.9 - 27.4%
Senate Hagerty 71.8 - 26.1%
2016 President Trump 72.5 – 23.4%
2012 President Romney 70.0 – 28.2%
Senate Corker 74.6 – 20.6%

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References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 3, TN". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  2. "Senator Rusty Crowe". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. "Tennessee District Maps". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Tennessee State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 11, 2020.