Robert Franklin (Tennessee)

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Robert Franklin (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 1st Congressional District. Franklin lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2020.

Franklin was a 2016 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Tennessee.^[1]

Franklin was a 2014 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Tennessee.^[2] He was defeated in the general election by incumbent Phil Roe (R) on November 4, 2014.^[3]

Elections[edit]

2020[edit]

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Diana Harshbarger defeated Blair Walsingham, Steve Holder, and Josh Berger in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger (R)	74.7	228,181
		Blair Walsingham (D)	22.5	68,617
		Steve Holder (Independent)	2.8	8,621
		Josh Berger (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,423
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Blair Walsingham defeated Chris Rowe (Unofficially withdrew) and Larry Smith (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Blair Walsingham	52.7	6,076
		Chris Rowe (Unofficially withdrew)	33.6	3,869
		Larry Smith (Unofficially withdrew)	13.6	1,572
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,520
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Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger	19.2	18,074
		Timothy Hill	16.7	15,731
		Rusty Crowe	16.1	15,179
		Josh Gapp	14.2	13,379
		Steve Darden	12.4	11,647
		John Clark	9.4	8,826
		David Hawk	5.0	4,717
		Nichole Williams	3.0	2,803
		Jay Adkins	1.7	1,635
		Carter Quillen	0.9	853
		Richard Baker	0.3	298
		Chad Fleenor (Unofficially withdrew)	0.3	282
		Phil Arlinghaus	0.3	274
		Robert Franklin	0.2	229
		Chuck Miller	0.2	189
		Chance Cansler	0.2	147

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,263
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dan Street (R)
• Todd McKinley (R)
• J. S. Moore (R)
• Cody Williams (R)
• Dustin Decal (R)

2016[edit]

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Phil Roe (R) defeated Alan Bohms (D) and Robert Franklin (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Roe defeated Clint Tribble in the Republican primary on August 4, 2016.^[4][5][6]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Phil Roe Incumbent	78.4%	198,293
	Democratic	Alan Bohms	15.4%	39,024
	Independent	Robert Franklin	6.2%	15,702
	N/A	Write-in	0%	6
Total Votes				253,025
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Phil Roe Incumbent	82.2%	35,350
Clint Tribble	17.8%	7,673
Total Votes		43,023
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2014[edit]

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Franklin ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 1 District. He was defeated in the general election by incumbent Phil Roe (R) on November 4, 2014.^[3]

Election results[edit]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Phil Roe Incumbent	82.8%	115,495
	Libertarian	Michael Salyer	3%	4,145
	Independent	Robert Franklin	7.1%	9,905
	Green	Robert Smith	7.1%	9,869
Total Votes				139,414
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

Campaign themes[edit]

2020[edit]

Ballotpedia survey responses

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