Tennessee's 17th Senate district

Tennessee's 17th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Mark Pody since a 2017 special election to replace fellow Republican Mae Beavers.[2]

Tennessee's 17th
State Senate District
Senator
  Mark Pody
R–Lebanon
Demographics88% White
5% Black
4% Hispanic
1% Asian
1% Other
Population (2018)216,871[1]

Geography

District 17 covers rural and suburban Middle Tennessee to the east of Nashville, including all of Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith, and Wilson Counties. Communities in the district include Mount Juliet, Lebanon, Smithville, Lafayette, Carthage, Woodbury, Celina, and Green Hill.[3]

The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 6th congressional district, and overlaps with the 38th, 40th, 46th, and 57th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Kentucky.[1]

Recent election results

Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding elections in presidential years.

2018
2018 Tennessee Senate election, District 17[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Pody (incumbent) 53,364 70.4
Democratic Mary Alice Carfi 22,452 29.6
Total votes 75,816 100
Republican hold

2017 special

In August 2017, incumbent Republican Mae Beavers resigned to focus on her ultimately unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign, triggering a special election that December.[6]

2017 Tennessee Senate special election, District 17[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Pody 5,995 51.3
Democratic Mary Alice Carfi 5,688 48.7
Total votes 11,683 100
Republican hold

2014
2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 17[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mae Beavers (incumbent) 16,177 59.3
Republican Clark Boyd 11,104 40.7
Total votes 27,281 100
General election
Republican Mae Beavers (incumbent) 35,454 100
Total votes 35,454 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 17
Year Office Results[7]
2016 President Trump 72.2 – 23.8%
2012 President Romney 69.1 – 29.5%
Senate Corker 73.3 – 22.1%

References
  1. "State Senate District 17, TN". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. "Senator Mark Pody". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. "Tennessee District Maps". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  5. "Tennessee State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  6. Joel Ebert (August 23, 2017). "Sen. Mae Beavers to resign post to run full time, raise money in Tennessee governor's race". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
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