Jason Powell

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Jason Powell
Image of Jason Powell
Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

13

Compensation

Base salary

$28,405.96/year

Per diem

$326.47/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $47 per day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Montgomery Bell Academy

Bachelor's

University of Colorado

Graduate

Institute of Government at Tennessee State University

Personal
Profession
Teacher
Contact

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
Business and Utilities
State Government

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


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
Image of Jason Powell
Jason Powell (D)
 
62.5
 
14,004
Image of Yog Nepal
Yog Nepal (R) Candidate Connection
 
33.4
 
7,494
Image of Rueben Dockery
Rueben Dockery (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Jason Powell
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
Image of Yog Nepal
Yog Nepal Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Jason Powell
Jason Powell (D)
 
66.1
 
9,008
Image of Dia Hart
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
Image of Jason Powell
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.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dia Hart
Dia Hart
 
99.3
 
1,062
Image of Yog Nepal
Yog Nepal (Write-in)
 
0.7
 
8

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
Image of Jason Powell
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
Image of Jason Powell
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
Image of Jason Powell
Jason Powell (D)
 
63.9
 
13,156
Image of Amberlee' Brooks
Amberlee' Brooks (R) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Jason Powell
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
Image of Amberlee' Brooks
Amberlee' Brooks Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,368

Total votes: 2,368
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2016

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 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
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jason Powell Incumbent 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
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jason Powell Incumbent (unopposed)


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
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Davette Blalock 50.18% 556
     Republican Amberlee' Brooks 31.32% 347
     Republican Michelle Norris 18.50% 205
Total Votes 1,108

2014

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 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]

Tennessee House of Representatives District 53, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJason Powell Incumbent 53.3% 6,098
     Republican John Wang 43.1% 4,927
     Independent Tonya Miller 3.6% 417
Total Votes 11,442

2012

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 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]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJason Powell 54.4% 10,708
     Republican Ben Claybaker 45.6% 8,992
Total Votes 19,700
Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJason Powell 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

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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."

Campaign finance summary


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Jason Powell campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Tennessee House of Representatives District 53Won general$15,050 $15,730
2022Tennessee House of Representatives District 53Won general$124,884 $58,383
2020Tennessee House of Representatives District 53Won general$22,400 N/A**
2018Tennessee House of Representatives District 53Won general$108,061 N/A**
2016Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53Won $149,189 N/A**
2014Tennessee State House, District 53Won $170,453 N/A**
2012Tennessee State House, District 53Won $120,530 N/A**
2006Tennessee State House, District 58Lost $23,041 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Powell and his wife, Heather, have one child. They currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Footnotes

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Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
2012-Present
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