Amberlee' Brooks
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Amberlee' Brooks (Republican Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 53. Brooks lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Brooks completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
Incumbent Jason Powell defeated Amberlee' Brooks and David Dennison in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Powell (D) | 63.9 | 13,156 |
 | Amberlee' Brooks (R)  | 33.7 | 6,948 | |
 | David Dennison (Independent) | 2.4 | 497 | |
| Total votes: 20,601 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Incumbent Jason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 2, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Powell | 100.0 | 4,788 |
| Total votes: 4,788 | |||
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Republican primary election
Amberlee' Brooks advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 2, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amberlee' Brooks | 100.0 | 2,368 |
| Total votes: 2,368 | |||
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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 Jason Powell defeated Davette Blalock in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 general election.[1][2]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jason Powell Incumbent |
57.50% | 12,457 | |
| Republican | Davette Blalock | 42.50% | 9,208 | |
| Total Votes | 21,665 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Jason Powell ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Jason Powell Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Davette Blalock defeated Amberlee' Brooks and Michelle Norris in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Davette Blalock |
50.18% | 556 | |
| Republican | Amberlee' Brooks | 31.32% | 347 | |
| Republican | Michelle Norris | 18.50% | 205 | |
| Total Votes | 1,108 | |||
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Amberlee' Brooks participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on September 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Amberlee' Brooks's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Improving Education
Improving Job Quality |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I am very passionate about prison reform. The current system we have deepens racial disparities in the justice system, fuels anti-police grievances and prevents millions of former offenders from holding steady jobs, maintaining stable housing and providing for their families. One of the major solutions is finding the remedy to constant repeat offenders. I am in full support of helping the prison system to develop risk assessment tools to figure out what inmates need, and to create programs tailored to those needs.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Amberlee' Brooks answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Condoleezza Rice because she is a woman with humble beginnings that got to a high level position through her tenacity, integrity and intelligence.[7] | ” |
| “ | One characteristic that is lacking in most politicians is empathy. Most politicians forget that they are supposed to represent their district who are full of people that have diverse backgrounds and go through life. Our job as American politicians is supposed to make their life better whether the people voted for us or not. One of the reasons this happen is because most politicians want the esteem without working hard and sadly sometimes the easiest avenue is to become a politician. However, being a politician has great responsibility and requires a leader who has the best interest of the people they represent.[7] | ” |
| “ | My favorite book is Jane Eyre. It is a very adventurous and romantic novel. Additionally, it has a very intense approach of talking about feminism, religion, class and sexuality which is very ahead of its time.[7] | ” |
| “ | I do not think it is necessary. It does not take long to understand Robert's Rules of Order. Additionally, our Constitution has very limited qualifications for political offices for the purpose of having more diverse backgrounds.[7] | ” |
| “ | Our State definitely needs Education reform and because of our current state of Education it is going to lead to economic and unforeseen problems in the future.[7] | ” |
2016
Brooks' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[8]
Values
- Excerpt: "District 53 needs a representative that believes in the American principles of governing, leads with passion, and genuinely cares about the community."
Education
- Excerpt: "Increasing flexibility and accountability in education at all levels by empowering parents and local school board’s decision-making in such areas as: testing, curriculum, student discipline, accountability, hiring and performance reviews, and innovative programs."
Jobs
- Excerpt: "Tennesseans should be able to enjoy the fruit of their labor without government constraints."
Seniors
- Excerpt: "Our seniors helped build the best country in the world. Amberlee' will protect seniors and defend Social Security and Medicaid while we look for solutions to keep them solvent."
Taxes
- Excerpt: "I believe in fiscal responsibility and a common sense, minimalist approach to taxation."
See also
- Tennessee House of Representatives
- Tennessee House of Representatives District 53
- Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Tennessee State Legislature
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Amberlee' Brooks on Facebook
- Tennessee Legislature
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2016," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "2016 general election results - Tennessee House of Representatives," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 8, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 4, 2016 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 4, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Amberlee' Brooks's responses," September 26, 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vote Amberlee, "Issues," accessed July 8, 2016
