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State House District 31

State House District 31; 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 72,270 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 ÷ 72,270) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.18, 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

Republican · declared

Andy Swafford serves as a Bledsoe County Commissioner.

Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 against, Public Education Quality 1 for, Public Infrastructure 1 for,

Independent · declared

Keith Nolan is from Dunlap, Tennessee.

Democratic · declared

Michael Woodlee serves as a Van Buren County Commissioner.

Independent · declared

Randy A Sharp is from Dayton, Tennessee.

Sources: sos.tn.gov · capitol.tn.gov · wapp.capitol.tn.gov