Matt Ferry
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Matt Ferry (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 48. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Matt Ferry was born in Lebanon, Tennessee. He obtained a bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry defeated Matt Ferry in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bryan Terry (R) | 65.3 | 20,542 |
| Matt Ferry (D) | 34.7 | 10,893 | ||
| Total votes: 31,435 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Matt Ferry advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Ferry | 100.0 | 1,528 | |
| Total votes: 1,528 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry | 100.0 | 3,157 |
| Total votes: 3,157 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ferry in this election.
2022
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry defeated Matt Ferry in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry (R) | 67.1 | 11,564 |
| Matt Ferry (D) | 32.9 | 5,669 | ||
| Total votes: 17,233 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Matt Ferry advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Ferry | 100.0 | 1,910 | |
| Total votes: 1,910 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry | 100.0 | 4,606 |
| Total votes: 4,606 | |||
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2020
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry defeated Matt Ferry in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry (R) | 61.7 | 19,724 |
| Matt Ferry (D) | 38.3 | 12,236 | ||
| Total votes: 31,960 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Matt Ferry advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Ferry | 100.0 | 3,653 | |
| Total votes: 3,653 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry | 100.0 | 6,484 |
| Total votes: 6,484 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Ferry's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
2018
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry defeated Matt Ferry in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry (R) | 60.9 | 13,865 |
| Matt Ferry (D) | 39.1 | 8,912 | ||
| Total votes: 22,777 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Matt Ferry advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Ferry | 100.0 | 2,912 | |
| Total votes: 2,912 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Bryan Terry advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Terry | 100.0 | 6,416 |
| Total votes: 6,416 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matt Ferry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Matt Ferry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Matt Ferry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ferry's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Middle Tennessee native Matt Ferry is a Multimedia Specialist who has been active with dozens of organizations who advocate for healthcare rights, worker's rights, and environmental & economic justice.
From 2017-2019, Matt was Chair of the Rutherford County Democratic Party where he helped recruit, train, and provide assistance to dozens of new candidates. During this time, he oversaw the largest expansion of volunteer mobilization and fundraising efforts the local party had experienced in years.
In 2018, Matt Ferry ran for Tennessee House of Representatives in District 48, on a platform of Expanding Medicaid and Healthcare for all Tennesseans, Fully Funding Public School System, and Fighting for Clean Air and Water.
- State leadership failed to craft any meaninful legislation that would protect Tennesseans during COVID-19 pandemic.
- No relief bills passed. No bills to improve Testing and Contract Testing. No real bills to combat pandemic. The storm is raging but the State sits on a Billion Dollar "Rainy Day Fund."
- We need also legislation designed to help struggling small businesses and to fund the badly underfunded state unemployement system. The storm is not passing anytime soon.
The Pandemic has highlighted the cracks in our fragile economic system.
During this pandemic, we have seen a lot of folks sacrifice to make ends meet, but we do not see the same kind of sacrifices from some multi million dollar industries like the big healthcare companies in Nashville that, despite the slowdown, are seeing a huge windfall of money due to relief funds passed by Congress. Our small business did not see the same kind of money come their way, they were cut out each time.
While some folks are able to draw a nice paycheck from home; lots of other folks are being forced back to an unsafe work environment with no hazard pay or even paid sick leave, while drawing a meager paycheck.
Bottom line: It is time to invest more in our communities that have been underfunded for years. While the wages for most workers have remained stagnant since the 1970's, the price of everything including healthcare, housing, higher education, and more has skyrocketed. If we want decrease poverty and crime, we need to make substantial investments designed to improve the lives of every Tennessean, not just the privileged few.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 23, 2020
