Mary Littleton

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Mary Littleton
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Tennessee House of Representatives District 78
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

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Mary Littleton (Republican Party) is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 78. She assumed office in 2012. Her current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Littleton (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 78. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Littleton was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Littleton was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Littleton 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
Criminal Justice
State Government

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Littleton 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 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton defeated Deborah Doyle in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton (R)
 
74.1
 
23,678
Deborah Doyle (D)
 
25.9
 
8,270

Total votes: 31,948
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Deborah Doyle advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Deborah Doyle
 
100.0
 
1,363

Total votes: 1,363
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton defeated Justin Spurlock in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton
 
75.4
 
3,154
Justin Spurlock
 
24.6
 
1,029

Total votes: 4,183
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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 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton defeated Krystle James in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton (R)
 
73.6
 
13,084
Krystle James (D) Candidate Connection
 
26.4
 
4,686

Total votes: 17,770
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Krystle James advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Krystle James Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,642

Total votes: 1,642
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton
 
100.0
 
5,238

Total votes: 5,238
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2020

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton defeated Holly Spann in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton (R)
 
72.2
 
23,585
Holly Spann (D)
 
27.8
 
9,060

Total votes: 32,645
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Holly Spann advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Holly Spann
 
100.0
 
2,782

Total votes: 2,782
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton defeated James Gupton Jr. in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton
 
72.0
 
5,421
James Gupton Jr.
 
28.0
 
2,104

Total votes: 7,525
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton defeated John Patrick in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton (R)
 
69.1
 
16,137
Image of John Patrick
John Patrick (D)
 
30.9
 
7,230

Total votes: 23,367
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

John Patrick advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Patrick
John Patrick
 
100.0
 
3,034

Total votes: 3,034
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Mary Littleton advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Littleton
Mary Littleton
 
100.0
 
7,610

Total votes: 7,610
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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 Mary Littleton defeated Travis S. Staten in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 general election.[1][2]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mary Littleton Incumbent 74.07% 18,679
     Democratic Travis S. Staten 25.93% 6,539
Total Votes 25,218
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State


Travis S. Staten ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Travis S. Staten  (unopposed)


Incumbent Mary Littleton ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 78 Republican primary.[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mary Littleton Incumbent (unopposed)

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. Jane R. Crisp was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Mary Littleton was unopposed in the Republican primary. Littleton defeated Crisp in the general election.[5][6]

Tennessee House of Representatives District 78, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMary Littleton Incumbent 70.7% 10,240
     Democratic Jen R. Crisp 29.3% 4,239
Total Votes 14,479

2012

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2012

Littleton won election in the 2012 election for Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78. Littleton advanced past the August 2 primary election and defeated Linda Hayes (D) and Rick Wilson (I) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMary Littleton 58% 14,077
     Democratic Linda Hayes 34.9% 8,457
     Independent Rick Wilson 7.1% 1,721
Total Votes 24,255
Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMary Littleton 21.4% 1,273
Gary Allen Binkley 20% 1,190
Donnie Kemp 19.4% 1,154
John-Paul Wood, Jr. 14.6% 866
John Haines 12% 713
Kirk Low 8.6% 510
Lynn Ray 3.9% 233
Total Votes 5,939

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Mary Littleton campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Tennessee House of Representatives District 78Won general$88,572 $71,185
2022Tennessee House of Representatives District 78Won general$82,330 $68,582
2020Tennessee House of Representatives District 78Won general$105,813 N/A**
2018Tennessee House of Representatives District 78Won general$97,040 N/A**
2016Tennessee House of Representatives, District 78Won $97,465 N/A**
2014Tennessee State House, District 78Won $83,081 N/A**
2012Tennessee State House, District 78Won $90,145 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Littleton has four children and currently resides in Dickson, Tennessee. She is involved in the Dickson County Relay for Life and Dickson High Noon Rotary.

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Tennessee House of Representatives District 78
2012-Present
Succeeded by
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