Incumbents keep their seats in five Tennessee House races

Tennessee State Capitol downtown Nashville. Photo by Ricky Rogers (The Tennessean) 4/27/2000

By Kendi A. Rainwater November 9, 2016 3 min read

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In the region’s five state House of Representatives races, each of the incumbents kept their seats after the votes were tallied Tuesday night.

Three of the five candidates – Gerald McCormick, JoAnne Favors and Mike Carter – ran unopposed in District 26, 28 and 29, respectively.

Patsy Hazlewood and Marc Gravitt both handily beat out competitors to win the District 27 and 30 seats.

State House representatives serve two-year terms and their base pay is $20,884. All 99 seats in the House are up for election.