Mary Headrick
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Mary M. Headrick was a 2014 Democratic candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee.[1] She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.[2] She was defeated by incumbent Charles Fleischmann (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
She was a 2012 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee.[4]
Biography
Headrick earned a B.A. in mathematics and a M.S in computer science. She then earned her M.D. in 1983 from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in Memphis.[5]
Campaign themes
2012
According to Headrick's website, her campaign themes included:
- Jobs: "Fair trade and sensible government incentives would change our current pattern of unemployment."
- Environment: "I believe we are all entitled to clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and in which to swim, fish and boat, and safe soil in which to grow our crops and on which to place our children’s sand boxes."
- Healthcare: "We need to change how we pay for health care and we need to understand what works and doesn’t work for good health."[6]
Elections
2014
Headrick ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 3rd District. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2014.[2] She was defeated by incumbent Charles Fleischmann (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Charles J. Fleischmann Incumbent |
62.4% | 97,319 | |
| Democratic | Mary Headrick | 34.6% | 53,963 | |
| Independent | Cassandra Mitchell | 3.1% | 4,768 | |
| Total Votes | 156,050 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available. | ||||
2012
Headrick ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 3rd District. Headrick defeated Bill Taylor in the August 2, 2012, Democratic primary. She faced incumbent Charles J. Fleischmann (R) and Matthew Deniston (I) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[7] Headrick was defeated by incumbent Charles J. Fleischmann.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mary Headrick | 35.5% | 91,094 | |
| Republican | Charles J. Fleischmann Incumbent |
61.5% | 157,830 | |
| Independent | Matthew Deniston | 3.1% | 7,905 | |
| Total Votes | 256,829 | |||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Mary Headrick |
67% | 14,925 |
| Bill Taylor | 33% | 7,342 |
| Total Votes | 22,267 | |
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Headrick and her husband, Detlef Matt, have two sons together.[9]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Mary + Headrick + Tennessee + Congress"
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
- Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District
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 Huffington Post, "Election 2014," accessed November 6, 2014
- ↑ Times Free-Press, "Democrat Mary Headrick joins Tennessee 3rd Congressional District race," accessed January 22, 2012
- ↑ Mary Headrick for Congress, "Meet Mary," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ Mary Headrick, "Priorities," accessed September 10, 2012
- ↑ Associated Press, "Tennessee - Summary Vote Results"
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Tennessee"
- ↑ Mary Headrick for Congress, "Meet Mary," accessed October 9, 2012
