State: | Tennessee |
District: | 3 |
Chamber: | Senate |
Representative: | Rusty Crowe |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Johnson City |
Percent White: | 89 |
Percent Black: | 3 |
Percent Hispanic: | 3 |
Percent Asian: | 1 |
Population: | 207,579[1] |
Population Year: | 2022 |
Percent Multiracial: | 3 |
Tennessee's 3rd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rusty Crowe since 1990.[2]
District 3 is based in Johnson City, the southernmost Tri-Cities, covering all of Johnson, Washington,and Carter County. Other communities in the district include Elizabethton, Jonesborough, Erwin, Oak Grove, and Unicoi.[3]
The district is located entirely within Tennessee's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of North Carolina.[1]
Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding elections in presidential years.
Year | Office | Results[5] |
---|---|---|
2020 | President | Trump 70.9 - 27.4% |
Senate | Hagerty 71.8 - 26.1% | |
2016 | President | Trump 72.5 – 23.4% |
2012 | President | Romney 70.0 – 28.2% |
Senate | Corker 74.6 – 20.6% |