Renee Hoyos

Renee Hoyos (born January 15, 1965) is an American politician, businesswoman, and environmental advocate who is the Democratic nominee for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district in 2020. She was also the nominee in 2018. She was previously the executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network.[1]

Renee Hoyos
Personal details
Born (1965-01-15) January 15, 1965
St. Helena, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationSan Francisco State University (BA)
University of California, Davis (MS, MA)
Websitehoyosforcongress.com

Early life and education

Hoyos was born and raised in St. Helena, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State University and a Master of Arts and Master of Science from University of California, Davis.[2]

Career

Hoyos worked as for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and California Natural Resources Agency. She relocated from Northern California to Knoxville, Tennessee in 2003 to serve as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network.[3]

While director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network she pressed a lawsuit against KUB for their dumping of toxic waste into local water supplies and pointed out that the Mississippi River, which drains a third of the United States' freshwater, has been used for decades as the nation's "sewer".[4] In February 2017 she also requested a town hall meeting with the current Representative for the district, John Duncan Jr., to discuss a bill that was pending in the House to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency; Duncan refused to hold the meeting.[5] In 2016 Hoyos became noted as one of "ten women who make a difference in Knoxville" by an alternative newspaper, the Knoxville Mercury. [6] She also pushed for the enactment of the Clean Power Plan.[7]

Politics

Hoyos first ran for Congress in 2018, in which she won the Democratic nomination in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. She became one of six women in Tennessee who received their party's nomination for Congress during the 2018 midterms.[8] In the general election, she lost to Tim Burchett, the mayor of Knox County. She ran again in 2020,[9] but lost to Burchett a second time. During the course of her campaigns she claimed she moved the district 19 percentage points away from the Republican Party, however, and even her opponent described her as the first credible Democrat to run in the second district in ages.[10]

Electoral history
Tennessee's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Renee Hoyos 22,203 72.4
Democratic Joshua Williams 7,076 23.1
Democratic Joseph Schenkenfelder 1,382 4.5
Total votes 30,661 100.0
Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Burchett 172,856 65.9
Democratic Renee Hoyos 86,668 33.1
Independent Greg Samples 967 0.4
Independent Jeffrey Grunau 657 0.3
Independent Marc Whitmire 637 0.2
Independent Keith LaTorre 349 0.1
Total votes 262,134 100.0
Republican hold
Tennessee's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary, 2020[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Renee Hoyos 30,146 87.1
Democratic Chance Brown 4,465 12.9
Total votes 34,611 100.0
Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Burchett (incumbent)
Democratic Renee Hoyos
Total votes 100.0

References
  1. Victor Ashe (8 January 2018). "UP president's house renovated, no longer empty". Knox News.
  2. "Renee Hoyos – Bio". tnmanagerpermits.net. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  3. palindesign. "Meet Renee". Renee Hoyos for Congress. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. Toby Sells (30 November 2017). "Dead Water". Memphis Flyer.
  5. Travis Dorman; Rachel Ohm (6 February 2017). "U.S. Rep. Duncan rejects town hall requests, citing extremists".
  6. "10 Women Who Make a Difference in Knoxville". Knoxville Mercury. 2 November 2016.
  7. Mark Harmon (27 June 2018). "Weird science breaks out at congressional forum". Knox News.
  8. Georgiana Vines (13 August 2018). "National political pundits are watching Tennessee's women". Knox News.
  9. "US Election 2020".
  10. Tyler Whetstone (19 October 2020). "Questions and answers for the 2nd District candidates: Tim Burchett and Renee Hoyos". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  11. "August 6, 2020 Unofficial Election Results". Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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