elected in the 1994 Democratic Primary and November 8, 1994 General election. 1996 DeBerry was unopposed for both the 1996 Democratic Primary and the November 5, 1996 General election. 1998 DeBerry was challenged in the August 6, 1998 Democratic Primary, winning with 2,886 votes (91.1%), and won the November 3, 1998 General election with 4,785 votes (86.9%) against Independent candidate Laverne Crockett. 2000 DeBerry was unopposed for both the August 3, 2000 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,691 votes, and the November 7, 2000 General election, winning with 8,329 votes. 2002 DeBerry was unopposed for both the August 1, 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 6,719 votes, and the November 5, 2002 General election, winning with 10,245 votes. 2004 DeBerry was unopposed for both the August 5, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,053 votes, and the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 16,514 votes. 2006 DeBerry was unopposed for both the August 3, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,791 votes, and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 11,881 votes. 2008 DeBerry was unopposed for both the August 7, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 4,900 votes, and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 15,577 votes. 2010 DeBerry was unopposed for both the August 5, 2010 Democratic Primary, and the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 8,543 votes. 2012 DeBerry was challenged in the three-way August 2, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 4,084 votes (59.7%), and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 18,100 votes. 2020 DeBerry was removed from the ballot for the August 2020 Democratic Primaries because of his history of aligning with the Republicans in votes and donations, and is running in the general election as an independent. In the general election against Democrat Torrey Harris, Deberry won 22.7% of the vote. References External links Official page at the Tennessee General Assembly Campaign site John DeBerry, Jr. at Ballotpedia Place of birth missing (living people) 1951 births Living people 21st-century American politicians African-American state legislators in Tennessee Freed–Hardeman University alumni Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Politicians from Memphis, Tennessee University of Memphis alumni 20th-century American politicians 20th-century African-American politicians African-American men in politics 21st-century African-American politicians