Ron Gant

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Ron Gant
Image of Ron Gant
Tennessee House of Representatives District 94
Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

8

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$28,405.96/year

Per diem

$326.47/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $47 per day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

float:right;
border:1px solid #FFB81F;
background-color: white;
width: 250px;
font-size: .9em;
margin-bottom:0px;

} .infobox p { margin-bottom: 0; } .widget-row { display: inline-block; width: 100%; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; } .widget-row.heading { font-size: 1.2em; } .widget-row.value-only { text-align: center; background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.value-only.white { background-color: #f9f9f9; } .widget-row.value-only.black { background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; } .widget-row.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Republican { background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Libertarian { background-color: #f9d334; color: black; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Green { background-color: green; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; }

Ron Gant (Republican Party) is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 94. He assumed office on November 8, 2016. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Gant (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 94. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: [email protected]

2023-2024

Gant was assigned to the following committees:

color: #337ab7,
}


2021-2022

Gant was assigned to the following committees:

color: #337ab7,
}

2019-2020

Gant was assigned to the following committees:

color: #337ab7,
}

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Tennessee committee assignments, 2017
Calendar and Rules
Health
Insurance and Banking

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant defeated Terry Saine in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant (R)
 
78.4
 
26,036
Terry Saine (D)
 
21.6
 
7,175

Total votes: 33,211
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Terry Saine advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Terry Saine
 
100.0
 
1,313

Total votes: 1,313
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant
 
100.0
 
4,304

Total votes: 4,304
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

   .ballot-measure-endorsements p {
       display: inline;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements td {
       width: 35% !important;
   }
   .endorsements-header {
       margin-top: 10px !important;
       margin-bottom: 5px !important;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements ul {
       margin-top: 0 !important;
       margin-bottom: 0 !important;
   }
   .split-cols-bm {
       columns: 2;
       -webkit-columns: 2;
       -moz-columns: 2;
   }
   @media screen and (max-width: 792px) {
       .split-cols-bm {
           columns: 1;
           -webkit-columns: 1;
           -moz-columns: 1;
       }
   }

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gant in this election.

2022

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant (R)
 
100.0
 
17,528

Total votes: 17,528
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant
 
100.0
 
6,753

Total votes: 6,753
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2020

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant (R)
 
100.0
 
26,941

Total votes: 26,941
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant
 
100.0
 
8,426

Total votes: 8,426
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2018

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant defeated Terry Saine in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant (R)
 
74.0
 
18,139
Terry Saine (D)
 
26.0
 
6,383

Total votes: 24,522
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Terry Saine advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Terry Saine
 
100.0
 
3,103

Total votes: 3,103
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94

Incumbent Ron Gant advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 on August 2, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Gant
Ron Gant
 
100.0
 
10,294

Total votes: 10,294
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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 Jamie Jenkins (R) did not seek re-election.

Ron M. Gant defeated Daniel Harris in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 general election.[1][2]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 94 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ron M. Gant 76.67% 20,006
     Democratic Daniel Harris 23.33% 6,088
Total Votes 26,094
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State


Daniel Harris defeated Civil Miller-Watkins in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 94 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Harris 54.00% 965
     Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins 46.00% 822
Total Votes 1,787


Ron M. Gant defeated Rusty N. Coffman and Thomas Cooper in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 94 Republican primary.[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 94 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ron M. Gant 68.21% 5,381
     Republican Rusty N. Coffman 22.68% 1,789
     Republican Thomas Cooper 9.11% 719
Total Votes 7,889

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Lashanta Rudd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rudd's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

Expand all | Collapse all

  • “Vote for Change! Lashanta Rudd# #Election2024"
  • “Your vote is your opportunity to make a difference. Use it wisely.” – Anonymous.
  • Change Make it Happen!

1st person in my family to serve as a TN State Rep

My first historical event was when I went to Washington DC. I was 46 years old and I toured the White House and the US Capitol.

John C Maxwell... The toughest person to lead is always yourself.

Ethics
Criminal Justice

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.



2022

Ron Gant did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ron Gant did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Gant's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[5]

Second Amendment

  • Excerpt: "The Second Amendment is the one amendment that protects all of the others. Guns are not a problem. Criminals are the problem."

Traditional values

  • Excerpt: "I am 100% pro-life. I believe life begins at conception."

Smaller government

  • Excerpt: "Big government is the number one problem we face. Government taxes too much, spends too much, and restricts our liberties."

Better schools

  • Excerpt: "Improving our public schools is something we all support. Better schools start with local control of education."

Improved highways

  • Excerpt: "I support Speaker Harwell’s plan to use a portion of this year’s state budget surplus to replenish dollars removed from the highway fund during the recession."

Campaign finance summary


Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.


Ron Gant campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Tennessee House of Representatives District 94Won general$127,114 $157,386
2022Tennessee House of Representatives District 94Won general$148,825 $163,390
2020Tennessee House of Representatives District 94Won general$183,531 N/A**
2018Tennessee House of Representatives District 94Won general$127,725 N/A**
Grand total$587,194 $320,776
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Tennessee

A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.

Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.

Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Tennessee scorecards, email suggestions to [email protected].


2024


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017


2016




See also


External links

   .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .external_links_table { width: auto !important; }
   @media (max-width:600px) {
       .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;}
       .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}  
   }

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jamie Jenkins (R)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 94
2016-Present
Succeeded by
-


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
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
Tim Hicks (R)
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
Tim Rudd (R)
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
Ed Butler (R)
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
Pat Marsh (R)
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
Jay Reedy (R)
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
District 80
District 81
District 82
District 83
District 84
Joe Towns (D)
District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
District 89
District 90
District 91
District 92
District 93
District 94
Ron Gant (R)
District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
District 99
Republican Party (75)
Democratic Party (24)