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Contest for TN State Executive Committeewoman District 3
primary - Partisan - State Executive Committee
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, 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 here describe 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
Brittany A. Lowder's biography shows she is a Democratic candidate for Committeewoman on the Tennessee State Executive Committee representing District 3, meeting filing deadlines and residing in Johnson City. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary history. Bio does not indicate prior experience with intra-party governance rules or coordination with county-level committees.
Republican Primary
2 candidates
Anita Hodges-Taylor's biography shows four years of service on the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee for District 3, including a 2018 landslide victory across all precincts in her district. This record demonstrates familiarity with intra-party governance and election processes within the party structure. Bio does not indicate experience coordinating with county-level committees or knowledge of ballot-access requirements.
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