Tennessee House
District 9
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Harold Ford Jr. |
Democratic |
116,345 |
61.1% |
| Rod DeBerry |
Republican |
70,951 |
37.3% |
| Silky Sullivan |
Independent |
957 |
0.5% |
| Mary Taylor |
Independent |
498 |
0.3% |
| Anthony Burton |
Independent |
424 |
0.2% |
| Greg Voehringer |
Independent |
327 |
0.2% |
| Tom Jeannette |
Independent |
222 |
0.1% |
| Del Gill |
Independent |
199 |
0.1% |
| Bill Taylor |
Independent |
179 |
0.1% |
| Johnny Kelly |
Independent |
156 |
0.1% |
| Don Fox |
Independent |
146 |
0.1% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Harold Ford Jr. |
Democratic |
63,888 |
60.5% |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
35,844 |
33.9% |
| Rufus Jones |
Democratic |
5,244 |
5.0% |
| Tracy Rainey |
Democratic |
312 |
0.3% |
| Isaac Richmond |
Democratic |
292 |
0.3% |
| Robert Knox |
Democratic |
88 |
0.1% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Rod DeBerry |
Republican |
8,341 |
68.1% |
| John Willingham |
Republican |
1,994 |
16.3% |
| Robert Miller |
Republican |
1,018 |
8.3% |
| Claude Burdikoff |
Republican |
490 |
4.0% |
| Ernest Lunati |
Republican |
233 |
1.9% |
| Edward Tuten III |
Republican |
173 |
1.4% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Harold Ford Jr. |
Democratic |
75,428 |
78.8% |
| Claude Burdikoff |
Republican |
18,078 |
18.9% |
| Gwendolyn Moore |
Independent |
932 |
1.0% |
| Johnny Kelly |
Independent |
775 |
0.8% |
| Greg Voehringer |
Independent |
567 |
0.6% |
| 1998 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Claude Burdikoff |
Republican |
11,216 |
63.9% |
| Ernest Lunati |
Republican |
6,330 |
36.1% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Harold Ford Jr. |
Democratic |
143,298 |
100.0% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Harold Ford Jr. |
Democratic |
120,904 |
83.9% |
| Tony Rush |
Independent |
23,208 |
16.1% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Harold Ford |
Democratic |
190,648 |
82.1% |
| Ruben Fort |
Republican |
41,578 |
17.9% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
103,341 |
59.9% |
| Jake Ford |
Independent |
38,243 |
22.2% |
| Mark White |
Republican |
31,002 |
18.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
23,629 |
30.9% |
| Nikki Tinker |
Democratic |
19,164 |
25.1% |
| Joseph Ford |
Democratic |
9,334 |
12.2% |
| Julian Bolton |
Democratic |
8,055 |
10.5% |
| Edward Stanton |
Democratic |
6,927 |
9.1% |
| Ron Redwing |
Democratic |
2,169 |
2.8% |
| Marvell Mitchell |
Democratic |
1,804 |
2.4% |
| Ralph White |
Democratic |
1,700 |
2.2% |
| Joseph Kyles |
Democratic |
1,336 |
1.7% |
| Joe Towns |
Democratic |
675 |
0.9% |
| Lee Harris |
Democratic |
645 |
0.8% |
| Jesse Blumenfeld |
Democratic |
384 |
0.5% |
| Bill Whitman |
Democratic |
274 |
0.4% |
| Tyson Pratcher |
Democratic |
141 |
0.2% |
| Ruben Fort |
Democratic |
122 |
0.2% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mark White |
Republican |
12,132 |
62.8% |
| Tom Guleff |
Republican |
2,949 |
15.3% |
| Derrick Bennett |
Republican |
1,910 |
9.9% |
| Cecil Hale |
Republican |
1,567 |
8.1% |
| Rudolph Daniels |
Republican |
770 |
4.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
198,798 |
87.9% |
| Jake Ford |
Independent |
11,003 |
4.9% |
| Dewey Clark |
Independent |
10,047 |
4.4% |
| Mary Wright |
Independent |
6,434 |
2.8% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
50,306 |
79.4% |
| Nikki Tinker |
Democratic |
11,817 |
18.6% |
| Joe Towns Jr. |
Democratic |
914 |
1.4% |
| James Gregory |
Democratic |
180 |
0.3% |
| Isaac Richmond |
Democratic |
172 |
0.3% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
99,827 |
74.0% |
| Charlotte Bergmann |
Republican |
33,879 |
25.1% |
| Sandra Sullivan |
Independent |
673 |
0.5% |
| Perry Steele |
Independent |
528 |
0.4% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Cohen |
Democratic |
63,402 |
78.7% |
| Willie Herenton |
Democratic |
17,153 |
21.3% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charlotte Bergmann |
Republican |
13,295 |
61.4% |
| James Harrell |
Republican |
7,165 |
33.1% |
| Kevin Millen |
Republican |
1,199 |
5.5% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
632,143 |
| Percentage White |
36.1% |
| Percentage Black |
59.7% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
1.5% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.0% |
| Percentage Other Race |
1.4% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
3.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
34.9% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
59.5% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
4.6% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$33,806 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
28.5% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
19.4% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
48.3% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
39.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
58.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.0% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
10.7% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
44.1% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
22.1% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
30.5% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
29.8% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
16.3% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
35.3% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
15.7% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.4% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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