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Contest for State Executive Committeeman District 29
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About this office
The State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party (Democratic or Republican). It is a party-organization office, not a government office — its members set party rules and organization, and are chosen by voters in that party's primary.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Intra-party governance: the State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party (Democratic or Republican), not a public office that legislates or administers government.
- Working knowledge of party rules, conventions, ballot-access requirements, and how the party interacts with state election law.
- Coordination with the party chair and county-level party committees.
- This is a partisan party-organization role; voters in the party's primary choose the committee members. The qualities framework here describes party-organization fit, not government competency.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Democratic Primary
1 candidate
Darrick Harris currently serves on the Tennessee State Executive Committee for District 29, demonstrating direct intra-party governance experience relevant to this role. His biography documents a prior general election loss in 2019 for Memphis City Council but contains no record of disciplinary action or controversy. Bio does not indicate experience with state-level ballot-access requirements or formal coordination with the party chair.
Republican Primary
1 candidate
Terry Roland's biography shows relevant intra-party governance experience as a current Tennessee State Executive Committee member and former Shelby County Commissioner, demonstrating familiarity with local political structures and party interactions. His record includes documented controversies, such as a defamation lawsuit regarding comments made during a 2017 meeting that was reversed on appeal, and unsubstantiated allegations of vote-trading investigated by county officials. Bio does not indicate experience in drafting party rules or managing statewide ballot-access requirements.
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