Orrden Williams Jr.

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Orrden Williams Jr. (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 96. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 1, 2024.

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 96

Gabby Salinas won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 96 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gabby Salinas (D)	100.0	19,037

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 19,037
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 96

Gabby Salinas defeated Telisa Franklin, Eric Dunn, David Winston, and Orrden Williams Jr. in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 96 on August 1, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gabby Salinas	43.9	2,168
	Telisa Franklin	41.3	2,036
	Eric Dunn	8.0	397
	David Winston	5.7	281
	Orrden Williams Jr.	1.1	53

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,935
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2022

General election

General election for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7

Henri E. Brooks defeated Shirelle Brown in the general election for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7 on August 4, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Henri E. Brooks (D)	80.4	6,150
	Shirelle Brown (Independent)	19.3	1,477
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	25

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,652
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7

Henri E. Brooks defeated Althea Greene, Cartavius Black, Kathy Temple, and Orrden Williams Jr. in the Democratic primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7 on May 3, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Henri E. Brooks	36.9	1,607
	Althea Greene	35.1	1,531
	Cartavius Black	14.7	639
	Kathy Temple	11.9	517
	Orrden Williams Jr.	1.2	51
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	12

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,357
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2020

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 88

Incumbent Larry Miller won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 88 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Larry Miller (D)	100.0	17,615

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,615
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 88

Incumbent Larry Miller defeated Orrden Williams Jr. in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 88 on August 6, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Larry Miller	81.7	4,387
	Orrden Williams Jr.	18.3	982

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,369 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives 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.

Incumbent Larry Miller defeated Orrden Williams, Jr. in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 88 general election.^[1]^[2]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 88 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Larry Miller Incumbent	84.04%	14,918
	Independent	Orrden Williams, Jr.	15.96%	2,834
Total Votes				17,752
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

Incumbent Larry Miller defeated Stephen Christian in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 88 Democratic primary.^[3]^[4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 88 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Larry Miller Incumbent	80.05%	2,796
	Democratic	Stephen Christian	19.95%	697
Total Votes				3,493

2014

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. Incumbent Raumesh Akbari defeated Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw in the Democratic primary. Samuel Watkins defeated Orrden Williams, Jr. in the Republican primary. Akbari defeated Watkins in the general election.^[5]^[6]

**Tennessee House of Representatives District 91, General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Raumesh A. Akbari Incumbent	81.9%	8,053
	Republican	Samuel (Sam) Watkins	18.1%	1,777
Total Votes				9,830

**Tennessee House of Representatives, District 91 Democratic Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Raumesh Akbari Incumbent	55.7%	3,964
Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw	44.3%	3,147
Total Votes		7,111

**Tennessee House of Representatives, District 91 Republican Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Samuel Watkins	85.7%	634
Orrden Williams, Jr.	14.3%	106
Total Votes		740

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Orrden Williams Jr. campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Tennessee House of Representatives District 96	Lost primary	$0	$0
Grand total			$0	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Cameron Sexton

Majority Leader:William Lamberth

Minority Leader:Karen Camper

Representatives

District 1

John Crawford (R)

District 2

Bud Hulsey (R)

District 3

Timothy Hill (R)

District 4

Renea Jones (R)

District 5

David Hawk (R)

District 6

Tim Hicks (R)

District 7

Rebecca Alexander (R)

District 8

Jerome Moon (R)

District 9

Gary Hicks (R)

District 10

Rick Eldridge (R)

District 11

Jeremy Faison (R)

District 12

Fred Atchley (R)

District 13

Robert Stevens (R)

District 14

Jason Zachary (R)

District 15

Sam McKenzie (D)

District 16

Michele Carringer (R)

District 17

Andrew Farmer (R)

District 18

Elaine Davis (R)

District 19

Dave Wright (R)

District 20

Tom Stinnett (R)

District 21

Lowell Russell (R)

District 22

Dan Howell (R)

District 23

Mark Cochran (R)

District 24

Kevin Raper (R)

District 25

Cameron Sexton (R)

District 26

Greg Martin (R)

District 27

Michele Reneau (R)

District 28

Yusuf Hakeem (D)

District 29

Greg Vital (R)

District 30

Esther Helton (R)

District 31

Ron Travis (R)

District 32

Monty Fritts (R)

District 33

Richard Scarbrough (R)

District 34

Tim Rudd (R)

District 35

William Slater (R)

District 36

Dennis Powers (R)

District 37

Charlie Baum (R)

District 38

Kelly Keisling (R)

District 39

Iris Rudder (R)

District 40

Michael Hale (R)

District 41

Ed Butler (R)

District 42

Ryan Williams (R)

District 43

Paul Sherrell (R)

District 44

William Lamberth (R)

District 45

Johnny Garrett (R)

District 46

Clark Boyd (R)

District 47

Rush Bricken (R)

District 48

Bryan Terry (R)

District 49

Mike Sparks (R)

District 50

Bo Mitchell (D)

District 51

Aftyn Behn (D)

District 52

Justin Jones (D)

District 53

Jason Powell (D)

District 54

Vincent Dixie (D)

District 55

John Clemmons (D)

District 56

Bob Freeman (D)

District 57

Susan Lynn (R)

District 58

Harold Love (D)

District 59

Caleb Hemmer (D)

District 60

Shaundelle Brooks (D)

District 61

Gino Bulso (R)

District 62

Pat Marsh (R)

District 63

Jake McCalmon (R)

District 64

Scott Cepicky (R)

District 65

Lee Reeves (R)

District 66

Sabi Kumar (R)

District 67

Ronnie Glynn (D)

District 68

Aron Maberry (R)

District 69

Jody Barrett (R)

District 70

Clay Doggett (R)

District 71

Kip Capley (R)

District 72

Kirk Haston (R)

District 73

Chris Todd (R)

District 74

Jay Reedy (R)

District 75

Jeff Burkhart (R)

District 76

Tandy Darby (R)

District 77

Rusty Grills (R)

District 78

Mary Littleton (R)

District 79

Brock Martin (R)

District 80

Johnny Shaw (D)

District 81

Debra Moody (R)

District 82

Chris Hurt (R)

District 83

Mark White (R)

District 84

Joe Towns (D)

District 85

Jesse Chism (D)

District 86

Justin Pearson (D)

District 87

Karen Camper (D)

District 88

Larry Miller (D)

District 89

Justin Lafferty (R)

District 90

Gloria Johnson (D)

District 91

Torrey Harris (D)

District 92

Todd Warner (R)

District 93

G.A. Hardaway (D)

District 94

Ron Gant (R)

District 95

Kevin Vaughan (R)

District 96

Gabby Salinas (D)

District 97

John Gillespie (R)

District 98

Antonio Parkinson (D)

District 99

Tom Leatherwood (R)

Republican Party (75)

Democratic Party (24)

[glist16-1] The New York Times, "Election 2016," accessed November 11, 2016

[gresults16-2] Tennessee Secretary of State, "2016 general election results - Tennessee House of Representatives," accessed January 19, 2017

[plist16-3] Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 8, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 11, 2016

[presults16-4] Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 4, 2016 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 4, 2016

[5] Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 7, 2014 Election Results," accessed September 11, 2014

[2014candidate-6] Tennessee Secretary of State, "Petitions Filed for State Senate and State House of Representatives," accessed April 5, 2014

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Orrden Williams Jr.

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 96

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 96

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Shelby County Board of Commissioners District 7

2020

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 88

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 88

2016

2014

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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