Tennessee State House District 47
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Rush Bricken Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Rush BrickenRepublican · Incumbent8 years since first winMike SteinDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Rush Bricken (R) 79.8, Veronica Owens (I) 20.2
- Last election
- Rush Bricken (Republican) won by 59.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BrickenRight column: Stein
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeBrickenNo published score for Stein
- Races
- Won 4 of 4
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 8
- Not available
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- Mike SteinDemocratic
- Rush BrickenIncumbentRepublican
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Official results for Tennessee
History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 28,874
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRush BrickenWon Republican 23,05279.8% IndependentVeronica Owens Independent 5,82220.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,603
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRush BrickenWon(incumbent) Republican 12,56580.5% IndependentVeronica Owens Independent 3,03819.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,938
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRush BrickenWon(incumbent) Republican 23,938100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,558
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRush BrickenWon Republican 13,60566.2% DemocraticMike Winton Democratic 6,95333.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,874
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 19,874100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,541
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 11,541100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,677
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 14,89865.7% DemocraticScott Price Democratic 7,77934.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,611
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 11,72370.6% DemocraticDavid Clark Democratic 4,88829.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,226
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 14,02757.9% DemocraticJohn Greeter Democratic 10,19942.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,248
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 10,12152.6% DemocraticDavid E. Clark Democratic 9,12747.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,797
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon(incumbent) Republican 13,53656.9% DemocraticEdward H. North Democratic 10,26143.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,396
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudd MathenyWon Republican 9,99954.4% DemocraticDoyle Butch Lewis Jr.(incumbent) Democratic 8,39745.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,943
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDoyle Butch Lewis Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 12,60463.2% RepublicanDavid E. Welborn Republican 7,03935.3% IndependentBrian Keith Whitman Independent 3001.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,273
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDoyle Butch Lewis Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 7,96577.5% RepublicanWill Smith Republican 2,30822.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,755
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDoyle Butch Lewis Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 14,755100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,001
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDoyle Butch Lewis Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 9,51963.5% RepublicanTerry McIntosh Republican 5,48236.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,044
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 1993)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDoyle Butch Lewis Jr.Won Democratic 10,84263.6% RepublicanTerry McIntosh Republican 6,20236.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,282
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLane CurleeWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,02755.3% RepublicanRandy Lowry Republican 3,25544.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,308
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Lane CurleeWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,88269.1% RepublicanRandy Lowry Republican 4,42530.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,387
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLane CurleeWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,383100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,170
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLane CurleeWon Democratic 9,170100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,695
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRabon W. JohnsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,695100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,820
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRabon W. JohnsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,820100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,353
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRabon W. JohnsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,353100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,044
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRabon W. JohnsonWon Democratic 8,044100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,139
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Stanley RogersWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,139100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,837
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 47, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Stanley RogersWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,836100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1972 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Tennessee State House District 47, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tn/house/47. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tn/sldl:47
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026