Jason Powell
2012 - Present
2026
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Jason Powell (Democratic Party) is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 53. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.
Powell (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 53. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Powell received a B.A. in history and political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He later received a Master's of Public Administration from Tennessee State University. Powell has worked in real estate and nonprofit management.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Powell was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Powell was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Powell was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Tennessee committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Business and Utilities |
• State Government |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:
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• Business and Utilities |
• State Government |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:
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• Business and Utilities |
• State Government |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell defeated Yog Nepal and Rueben Dockery in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell (D) | 62.5 | 14,004 |
![]() | Yog Nepal (R) ![]() | 33.4 | 7,494 | |
![]() | Rueben Dockery (Independent) ![]() | 4.1 | 921 |
Total votes: 22,419 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell | 100.0 | 2,847 |
Total votes: 2,847 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Yog Nepal advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Yog Nepal ![]() | 100.0 | 1,161 |
Total votes: 1,161 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell defeated Dia Hart in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell (D) | 66.1 | 9,008 |
![]() | Dia Hart (R) | 33.9 | 4,619 |
Total votes: 13,627 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell | 100.0 | 3,368 |
Total votes: 3,368 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Dia Hart defeated Yog Nepal in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 4, 2022.
Total votes: 1,070 | ||||
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2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell (D) | 100.0 | 20,075 |
Total votes: 20,075 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell | 100.0 | 6,075 |
Total votes: 6,075 | ||||
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2018
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell defeated Amberlee' Brooks and David Dennison in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell (D) | 63.9 | 13,156 |
Amberlee' Brooks (R) ![]() | 33.7 | 6,948 | ||
David Dennison (Independent) | 2.4 | 497 |
Total votes: 20,601 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Jason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jason Powell | 100.0 | 4,788 |
Total votes: 4,788 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Amberlee' Brooks advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Amberlee' Brooks ![]() | 100.0 | 2,368 |
Total votes: 2,368 | ||||
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2016
Elections for the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 4, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 7, 2016.
Incumbent Jason Powell defeated Davette Blalock in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 general election.[1][2]
Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
57.50% | 12,457 | |
Republican | Davette Blalock | 42.50% | 9,208 | |
Total Votes | 21,665 | |||
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State |
Incumbent Jason Powell ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 Democratic primary.[3][4]
Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Democratic | ![]() |
Davette Blalock defeated Amberlee' Brooks and Michelle Norris in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 Republican primary.[3][4]
Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
50.18% | 556 | |
Republican | Amberlee' Brooks | 31.32% | 347 | |
Republican | Michelle Norris | 18.50% | 205 | |
Total Votes | 1,108 |
2014
Elections for 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. Incumbent Jason Powell was unopposed in the Democratic primary. John Wang was unopposed in the Republican primary. Tonya Miller ran as an independent candidate. Powell defeated Wang and Miller in the general election.[5][6]
2012
Powell won election in the 2012 election for Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53. Powell defeated Jason Potts in the August 2 primary election and defeated Ben Claybaker (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
54.4% | 10,708 | |
Republican | Ben Claybaker | 45.6% | 8,992 | |
Total Votes | 19,700 |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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66.9% | 1,377 |
Jason Potts | 33.1% | 680 |
Total Votes | 2,057 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Jason Powell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
Powell's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]
Jobs: Tennesseans Growing Tennessee
- Excerpt: "As your State Representative, I will make sure we promote the quality of our hard work and produce sustainable results that provide quality jobs."
Education: Building Tennessee's Future
- Excerpt: "Let’s make our schools, colleges and universities the centers of our communities and institutions in which we take pride."
Safe and Livable Communities
- Excerpt: "As a resident of this fine community, I will fight to protect our people and our property."
Fiscal Responsibility: Tennessee Prioritizing Tennesseans
- Excerpt: "It’s important that state legislators always understand the difficulties people of our state face in order to reduce the burden on the individual taxpayers. I am against a state income tax, and I will work diligently to identify ways to reduce the tax burdens on all Tennesseans."
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2024
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In 2024, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 25.
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2023
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In 2023, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 21.
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2022
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In 2022, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 11 to April 28.
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2021
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In 2021, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 5.
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2020
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In 2020, the Tennessee State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 19.
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2019
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In 2019, the Tennessee General Assembly was in session January 8 through May 2.
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2018
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In 2018, the 110th Tennessee General Assembly, second session, was in session January 9 to April 27.
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2017
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In 2017, the 110th Tennessee General Assembly, first session, was in session January 10 to May 10.
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2016
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In 2016, the 109th Tennessee General Assembly, second year, was in session from January 12 through April 22
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2015
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In 2015, the 109th Tennessee General Assembly, first year, was in session from January 13 through April 22.
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2014
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In 2014, the 108th Tennessee General Assembly, second year, was in session from January 14 to April 18.
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2013
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In 2013, the 108th Tennessee General Assembly, first year, was in session from January 8 to April 19.
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2012
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In 2012, the 107th Tennessee General Assembly, second year, was in session from January 10 through May 1.
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Personal
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Powell and his wife, Heather, have one child. They currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 |
Officeholder Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2016," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "2016 general election results - Tennessee House of Representatives," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 8, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 4, 2016 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 4, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 7, 2014 Election Results," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Petitions Filed for State Senate and State House of Representatives," accessed April 5, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "2012 List of Candidates," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Department of State, "Election Results," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ powellfortennessee, "Official Campaign Website," accessed April 17, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Bar Association, "Nashville Chamber Releases 2015 Legislative Scorecard," accessed November 10, 2015
- ↑ Tennessee Bar Association, "Nashville Chamber Releases 2015 Legislative Scorecard," accessed November 10, 2015
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Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 2012-Present |
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