State House District 20
State House District 20; 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 71,187 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 ÷ 71,187) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.25, 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
Independent · declared
Jeff "Cog" Coggin is a Maryville community member whose official Blount County filing identifies him as an Independent candidate for public office.
Democratic · declared
Karen Gertz is a technical writer and quality-assurance professional with a biology degree from Maryville College and a focus on education, healthcare, and civil rights.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Tom Stinnett is the Republican Tennessee House District 20 representative and a retired career and technical education teacher who previously served as a Blount County commissioner.
Records: Civil Rights 10 against, Anti-Corruption 3 for, 2 against, Environment and Public Health 1 for, 4 against,
Sources: sos.tn.gov · sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com · blounttn.gov · wapp.capitol.tn.gov