Dana Matheny
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Dana Matheny was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 95 of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Matheny was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Tennessee.[1] Incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher defeated Matheny and John Mills in the Republican primary.[2]
Biography
Starting her career in healthcare as a nurse, Matheny earned her ADN - RN in 1984 from Northwestern University. She went on to earn her B.S. in nursing in 1998 and her MBA in 2002 from Union University.[3]
After working as a nurse for many years, Matheny has worked for the last 10 years as the corporate director of clinical standardization at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee.[3]
Campaign themes
2016
Matheny's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Accountability
- Excerpt: "When rule making powers are delegated to departments, the voice of the people is diminished."
Economy
- Excerpt: "We need to structure our budget to reduce dependency on federal revenue."
Education
- Excerpt: "To drive up quality and drive down cost, we need a system that competes in an environment of low regulations."
Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Our government is not capable of managing healthcare. Instead of paying for healthcare, we are paying for a healthcare bureaucracy."
2014
Matheny submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:[5]
| “ |
We have to repeal Obamacare and re-structure Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security based on free market principles to eliminate / reduce waste and fraud.[6] |
” |
Elections
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.
Mark Lovell ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 general election.[7][8]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 95 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Mark Lovell (unopposed) | |
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State | ||
Mark Lovell defeated incumbent Curry Todd, Diane George and Dana Matheny in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 Republican primary.[9][10]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 95 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mark Lovell |
56.08% | 4,438 | |
| Republican | Curry Todd Incumbent | 18.87% | 1,493 | |
| Republican | Diane George | 14.52% | 1,149 | |
| Republican | Dana Matheny | 10.53% | 833 | |
| Total Votes | 7,913 | |||
2014
Matheny ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 8th District. Incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher defeated Matheny and John Mills in the Republican primary.[2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Stephen Fincher Incumbent |
79% | 68,465 | ||
| Dana Matheny | 13.6% | 11,819 | ||
| John Mills | 7.3% | 6,337 | ||
| Total Votes | 86,621 | |||
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
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Personal
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Matheny and her husband, Mitch, live in Collierville, Tennessee. They have one adult son.[3]
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Tennessee's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014
- Tennessee's 8th Congressional District
- Tennessee House of Representatives
- Tennessee House of Representatives District 95
- Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016
- Tennessee State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tennessee.gov, "Governor, United States Senate, and United States House of Representatives Petitions Filed by Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 3, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Associated Press, "Tennessee - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dana Matheny, "About," accessed May 26, 2014
- ↑ Dana Matheny, "Issues," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on May 22, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 8, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 4, 2016 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 4, 2016
