Paul Cook (Tennessee)

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Paul Cook

Independent

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Last election

November 8, 2022

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Paul Cook (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, George Flinn Jr., Dennis Clark, and Paul Cook in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen (D)	70.0	93,800
		Charlotte Bergmann (R)	26.2	35,123
		George Flinn Jr. (Independent)	2.5	3,349
		Dennis Clark (Independent)	0.9	1,160
		Paul Cook (Independent)	0.4	485
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Samuel Furrh (Independence Party)
• Mark Crain (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated M. LaTroy Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen	88.0	62,055
		M. LaTroy Williams	12.0	8,449

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,504
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ollie Nelson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann defeated Brown Dudley and Leo AwGoWhat in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	51.5	10,380
	Submit photo	Brown Dudley	43.5	8,760
	Submit photo	Leo AwGoWhat	5.0	1,000

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,140
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2016

See also: Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Wayne Alberson (R) and Paul Cook (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cohen defeated Larry Crim, Justin Ford, and M. LaTroy Williams in the Democratic primary on August 4, 2016.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 9 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Steve Cohen Incumbent	78.7%	171,631
	Republican	Wayne Alberson	18.9%	41,123
	Independent	Paul Cook	2.4%	5,203
Total Votes				217,957
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steve Cohen Incumbent	85.5%	35,645
Justin Ford	10%	4,165
LaTroy Williams	3.5%	1,452
Larry Crim	1%	406
Total Votes		41,668
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2014

See also: Tennessee's 9th Congressional District elections, 2014

Cook ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 9th District. He was defeated by incumbent Steve Cohen (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Election results

U.S. House, Tennessee District 9 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Steve Cohen Incumbent	75%	87,308
	Republican	Charlotte Bergmann	23.3%	27,163
	Independent	Floyd Alberson	0.7%	766
	Independent	Paul Cook	0.6%	751
	Independent	Herbert Bass	0.4%	483
Total Votes				116,471
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

Campaign themes

2022

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Mark Green (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

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Democratic Party (1)