State House District 40
State House District 40; Tennessee
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 71 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 71,024 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,066,383 ÷ 71,024) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.26, measured against a statewide vote in TN (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Daniel T. Hawthorne is a Dixon Springs community member listed in Tennessee’s official 2026 House candidate record for District 40.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Michael Hale is the Republican Tennessee House District 40 representative, chair of the TennCare Subcommittee, and owner of DeKalb Funeral Chapel.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, 11 against, Election Integrity 4 for, 1 against, Environment and Public Health 4 against,
Sources: sos.tn.gov · sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com · sos-tn-gov-files.tnsosfiles.com · capitol.tn.gov