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The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Tennessee. The party was founded in 1826 initially as the Jacksonian Party. The Tennessee Democratic Party was born out of President Andrew Jackson's populist philosophy of Jacksonian democracy in the mid to late-1820s. After Jackson left office,the Democratic Party struggled in the state as the Whig Party would go on to be the dominant party in Tennessee until its collapse after the 1852 Election. Prior to the Civil War,as a result of the collapse of the former Whig Party,the Democratic Party became the dominant party in the state. After the war ended,the Republican Party would be the dominant political party during Reconstruction,but once Reconstruction ended,the Democratic Party would dominate Tennessee Politics up until 2011 when the Republican Party would gain firm control of Tennessee State Government.
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 2,2010,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts.
Cameron A. Sexton is an American politician from Tennessee. A Republican,he has been a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 25th District since 2011,and has been the Speaker of the state House since 2019. Before becoming Speaker,Sexton was Majority Caucus Chairman.
Susan M. Lynn is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 57 since January 8,2013. Lynn served from January 2003 until November 2010. In 2012 Lynn was re-elected to the Tennessee House.
Gloria Johnson is an American politician and Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives currently representing District 90,and formerly District 13,based in Knoxville. In April 2023,she and two other state representatives faced expulsion votes from the Tennessee General Assembly after taking to the floor of the State House unrecognized to protest gun violence. Johnson was the only one of the three legislators not to be expelled. Johnson was the Democratic Party nominee for the 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee,losing in a landslide to incumbent Republican Marsha Blackburn.
Summer Lynn Lee is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district since 2023. Lee was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 election to represent Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She won the primary by less than 1% of the vote and became the first black woman from Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives after winning the general election.
Thomas Richard Tillis is an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 92nd district as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state house he served as the Majority Whip.
Charlie Baum is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 37 (Murfreesboro) since November 6,2018. Baum is also a professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University.
Rick Eldridge is an American politician. He is a Republican representing Tennessee's 10th House District,which solely encompasses the Western portion of Hamblen County and Grainger County,in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Paul Sherrell is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 43 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Johnny C. Garrett is an American attorney and politician from the state of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party,Garrett has represented the 45th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in the northern suburbs of Nashville,since 2019.
B. Rush Bricken is an American banker and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Bricken has represented the 47th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Tullahoma and McMinnville,since 2019.
Clay Doggett is an American businessman,law enforcement officer,and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Doggett has represented the 70th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Giles and Lawrence Counties,since 2019.
David Byrd is an American politician and retired basketball coach from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Byrd represented the 71st district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Hardin,Lawrence,Lewis,and Wayne Counties in rural Middle Tennessee,from 2015 to 2023.
Jay Reedy is an American politician,farmer,and locksmith from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Reedy has represented the 74th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,covering Houston,Humphreys,and Montgomery Counties,since 2015.
Russell Jackson "Rusty" Grills is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Grills has represented the 77th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,covering Dyer,Lake,and Obion Counties along the Mississippi River,since 2020.
Justin Augustus Lafferty is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Lafferty has represented the 89th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in the western suburbs of Knoxville,since 2019.
Kevin Vaughan is an American real estate broker and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Vaughan has represented the 95th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Collierville in the suburbs of Memphis,since 2017.
References
- ↑ "Representative Chris Todd". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Chris Todd (Tennessee)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- 1 2 "About Chris Todd". Chris Todd - State Representative. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ↑ Andy Sher (July 19, 2018). "Tennessee House majority leader's PAC slams Jonathan Mason in GOP's House District 30 race". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ↑ Brandon Shields (August 2, 2018). "Baxter, Todd to face off in District 73 State Rep race". Jackson Sun. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ↑ Adam Friedman and Cassandra Stephenson (November 6, 2018). "Chris Todd wins the House District 73rd seat with nearly 70 percent of the vote". Jackson Sun. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ↑ Andone, Dakin; Young, Ryan; Simonson, Amy; Almasy, Steve. "Tennessee's Republican-led House expels 2 Democratic lawmakers over gun reform protest, fails in bid to oust a third". CNN. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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