Jason Powell

Democratic Party

Candidate, Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

14

Compensation

Base salary

$33,060/year

Per diem

$379.44/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $86 per day.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

August 6, 2026

Education

High school

Montgomery Bell Academy

Bachelor's

University of Colorado

Graduate

Institute of Government at Tennessee State University

Personal

Profession

Teacher

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

Personal Facebook

Jason Powell (Democratic Party) is a member of theTennessee House of Representatives, representingDistrict 53. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Powell (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to theTennessee House of Representatives to representDistrict 53. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled onAugust 6, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Powell received a B.A. in history and political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He later received a Master's of Public Administration from Tennessee State University. Powell has worked in real estate and nonprofit management.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Powell was assigned to the following committees:

• Civil Justice Committee
• House Ethics Committee
• State Government Committee
• Transportation Committee

2021-2022

Powell was assigned to the following committees:

• Commerce Committee
• State Government Committee

2019-2020

Powell was assigned to the following committees:

• State Government Committee
• Commerce Committee

2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 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

2026

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell is running in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Jason Powell

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Endorsements

2024

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell defeatedYog Nepal andRueben Dockery in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell (D)	62.5	14,004
		Yog Nepal (R)	33.4	7,494
		Rueben Dockery (Independent)	4.1	921

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,419
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell	100.0	2,847

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

Yog Nepal advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yog Nepal	100.0	1,161

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,161
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell defeatedDia Hart in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell (D)	66.1	9,008
		Dia Hart (R)	33.9	4,619

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,627
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell	100.0	3,368

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

Dia Hart defeatedYog Nepal in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dia Hart	99.3	1,062
		Yog Nepal (Write-in)	0.7	8

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,070
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2020

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell (D)	100.0	20,075

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell	100.0	6,075

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2018

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell defeatedAmberlee' Brooks andDavid Dennison in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell (D)	63.9	13,156
		Amberlee' Brooks (R)	33.7	6,948
	Submit photo	David Dennison (Independent)	2.4	497

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,601
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

IncumbentJason Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Powell	100.0	4,788

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53

Amberlee' Brooks advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amberlee' Brooks	100.0	2,368

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2016

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theTennessee 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.

IncumbentJason Powell defeatedDavette Blalock in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 general election.^[1][2]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jason PowellIncumbent	57.50%	12,457
	Republican	Davette Blalock	42.50%	9,208
Total Votes				21,665
Source:Tennessee Secretary of State

IncumbentJason Powell ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 Democratic primary.^[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Jason PowellIncumbent (unopposed)

Davette Blalock defeatedAmberlee' Brooks andMichelle Norris in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 53 Republican primary.^[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Davette Blalock	50.18%	556
	Republican	Amberlee' Brooks	31.32%	347
	Republican	Michelle Norris	18.50%	205
Total Votes				1,108

2014

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for 99 seats in theTennessee House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. IncumbentJason Powell was unopposed in the Democratic primary.John Wang was unopposed in the Republican primary.Tonya Miller ran as an independent candidate. Powell defeated Wang and Miller in the general election.^[5][6]

Tennessee House of Representatives District 53, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jason PowellIncumbent	53.3%	6,098
	Republican	John Wang	43.1%	4,927
	Independent	Tonya Miller	3.6%	417
Total Votes				11,442

2012

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2012

Powell won election in the2012 election forTennessee House of Representatives, District 53. Powell defeatedJason Potts in the August 2 primary election and defeatedBen Claybaker (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[7][8]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jason Powell	54.4%	10,708
	Republican	Ben Claybaker	45.6%	8,992
Total Votes				19,700

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jason Powell	66.9%	1,377
Jason Potts	33.1%	680
Total Votes		2,057

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2012

Powell's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[9]

Jobs: Tennesseans Growing Tennessee

• Excerpt: "As your State Representative, I will make sure we promote the quality of our hard work and produce sustainable results that provide quality jobs."

Education: Building Tennessee's Future

• Excerpt: "Let’s make our schools, colleges and universities the centers of our communities and institutions in which we take pride."

Safe and Livable Communities

• Excerpt: "As a resident of this fine community, I will fight to protect our people and our property."

Fiscal Responsibility: Tennessee Prioritizing Tennesseans

• Excerpt: "It’s important that state legislators always understand the difficulties people of our state face in order to reduce the burden on the individual taxpayers. I am against a state income tax, and I will work diligently to identify ways to reduce the tax burdens on all Tennesseans."

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Personal

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Powell and his wife, Heather, have two children. They currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.^[12]

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