Renee Hoyos

Renee Hoyos
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-15) January 15, 1965 St. Helena, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	San Francisco State University (BA) University of California, Davis (MS, MA)
Website	hoyosforcongress.com

Renee Hoyos (born January 15, 1965) is an American politician, businesswoman, and environmental advocate who was the Democratic nominee for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district in 2020. She was also the nominee in 2018. She was previously the executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network.

Early life and education

Hoyos was born and raised in St. Helena, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State University and a Master of Arts and Master of Science from University of California, Davis.

Career

Hoyos worked as for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and California Natural Resources Agency. She relocated from Northern California to Knoxville, Tennessee in 2003 to serve as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network.

While director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network she pressed a lawsuit against KUB for their dumping of toxic waste into local water supplies and pointed out that the Mississippi River, which drains a third of the United States' freshwater, has been used for decades as the nation's "sewer". In February 2017 she also requested a town hall meeting with the current Representative for the district, John Duncan Jr., to discuss a bill that was pending in the House to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency; Duncan refused to hold the meeting. In 2016 Hoyos became noted as one of "ten women who make a difference in Knoxville" by an alternative newspaper, the Knoxville Mercury. She also pushed for the enactment of the Clean Power Plan.

Politics

Hoyos first ran for Congress in 2018, in which she won the Democratic nomination in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. She became one of six women in Tennessee who received their party's nomination for Congress during the 2018 midterms. In the general election, she lost to Tim Burchett, the mayor of Knox County. She ran again in 2020, but lost to Burchett a second time. During the course of her campaigns she claimed she moved the district 19 percentage points away from the Republican Party, however, and even her opponent described her as the first credible Democrat to run in the second district in ages.

Electoral history

Tennessee's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Renee Hoyos	22,203	72.4
	Democratic	Joshua Williams	7,076	23.1
	Democratic	Joseph Schenkenfelder	1,382	4.5
Total votes			30,661	100.0

Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Burchett	172,856	65.9
	Democratic	Renee Hoyos	86,668	33.1
	Independent	Greg Samples	967	0.4
	Independent	Jeffrey Grunau	657	0.3
	Independent	Marc Whitmire	637	0.2
	Independent	Keith LaTorre	349	0.1
Total votes			262,134	100.0
	Republican hold

Tennessee's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Renee Hoyos	30,146	87.1
	Democratic	Chance Brown	4,465	12.9
Total votes			34,611	100.0

Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Burchett (incumbent)
	Democratic	Renee Hoyos
Total votes				100.0

External links

• Renee Hoyos for Congress campaign website
• Renee Hoyos at Ballotpedia

• Profile at Vote Smart
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission

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