Bill Sanderson Explained

Bill Sanderson
State House:	Tennessee
District:	77th^[1]
Term Start:	January 11, 2011
Term End:	July 24, 2019
Predecessor:	Judy Barker
Successor:	Casey Hood (interim) Rusty Grills
Birth Date:	26 September 1959
Birth Place:	Union City, Tennessee
Nationality:	American
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Kenton, Tennessee
Alma Mater:	Lambuth University

Charles W. "Bill" Sanderson III^[2] (born September 26, 1959, in Union City, Tennessee) is an American who was a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 77 from January 2011 to July 2019.

Education and career

Sanderson earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Lambuth University.^[1]

He was elected to the Tennessee House in 2010.

On July 24, 2019, Sanderson resigned for what he said was to "spend more time with his family and business".^[3] Sanderson owns and operates a three-generation family business, White Squirrel Winery in his West Tennessee hometown of Kenton.

Elections

• 2008: When District 77 Democratic Representative Phillip Pinion retired and left the seat open, Sanderson ran in the August 7, 2008 Republican primary, winning with 1,152 votes (65.0%),^[4] but lost the November 4, 2008 general election to Democratic nominee Judy Barker.^[5]
• 2010: Sanderson and Representative Barker were both unopposed for their August 5, 2010 primaries,^[6] setting up a rematch; Sanderson won the November 2, 2010 general election with 8,225 votes (50.9%) against Representative Barker.^[7]
• 2012: Sanderson was unopposed for the August 2, 2012 Republican primary, winning with 3,809 votes,^[8] and won the November 6, 2012 general election with 14,379 votes (66.2%) against Democratic nominee Mark Oakes.^[9]
• 2014: Sanderson was unopposed in the 2014 election, which nationally had been a landslide win for the Republicans.
• 2016: Sanderson won 81% of the vote in the general election, against 19% for an independent candidate,^[10] Tom Reasons, by a vote of 16,326 to 3,809; there was no Democratic party candidate on the ballot that November.^[11] Donald J. Trump, Sr. lead the ticket nationally in the 2016 United States elections, winning over 60% of the vote in Tennessee that year.
• 2018: Sanderson was unopposed in both the 2018 primary and general elections.

External links

• Campaign site
• Bill Sanderson at Ballotpedia
• Bill Sanderson at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Representative Bill Sanderson. Tennessee General Assembly. October 20, 2023.
2. Web site: Bill Sanderson's Biography . . March 17, 2014.
3. Web site: State representative resigns after casting vote for speaker. Associated Press. July 24, 2019. July 25, 2019.
4. Web site: State of Tennessee August 7, 2008 Republican Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 11 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213241/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2008-08/repth6799pct.pdf . 2015-07-13 . dead .
5. Web site: State of Tennessee November 4, 2008 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 15 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213209/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2008-11/pcttnh6799.pdf . 2015-07-13 . dead .
6. Web site: State of Tennessee August 5, 2010 Republican Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 60 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314000509/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-08/RepTNHousePrecinct.pdf . 2014-03-14 . dead .
7. Web site: State of Tennessee November 2, 2010 State General . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 63 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223338/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-11/TNHPrecinct.pdf . 2014-03-13 . dead .
8. Web site: State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Republican Primary . . Nashville, Tennessee . 166 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183820/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-08/RepPrimaryPrecinctTotals.pdf . 2014-03-13 . dead .
9. Web site: State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 82 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183815/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/TNHousePrecinctTotals.pdf . 2014-03-13 . dead .
10. News: The New York Times. Tennessee Election results. November 14, 2016. July 25, 2019.
11. News: State of Tennessee, November 8, 2016, State General . Amazon News. 12. December 13, 2016. July 25, 2019.