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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.
The Tennessee General Assembly (TNGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is a part-time bicameral legislature consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Speaker of the Senate carries the additional title and office of Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. In addition to passing a budget for state government plus other legislation,the General Assembly appoints three state officers specified by the state constitution. It is also the initiating body in any process to amend the state's constitution.
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.
Matthew Joseph Hill is an American talk show host,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2005 to 2021. Hill briefly served as Deputy Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives under appointment by House Speaker Rep. Glen Casada.
Beth Halteman Harwell is a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. She served as State Representative for Nashville and is a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. First elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1988,Harwell served as a Republican Minority Whip and Commerce Committee chair before being elected to the Speakership. She is the first woman to serve as Tennessee's Speaker of the House. In 2017,she announced her candidacy for governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.
Tony Shipley is a former State Representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives 2nd District in Sullivan County.
Julia Cheyanne Hurley is an American politician,real estate agent,and businesswoman who served as the former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 32nd district from 2010 to 2012.
Kerry E. Roberts is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for the 23rd district,which includes Robertson County,Dickson County,Cheatham County,Humphreys County and Hickman County. In January 2020,Roberts left his weekly radio show on Springfield's WDBL and moved to Nashville's WLAC morning show,"The Tennessee Star Report". In October 2021,Roberts rode his bicycle 100 miles to raise money and awareness for Humphreys County flood victims.
Mark Allen Pody is an American politician,elected as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from the 17th district,encompassing Cannon County,Clay County,Dekalb County,Macon County,Smith County and Wilson County. Pody resides in Lebanon,Tennessee.
William Gary Lamberth is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the forty-fourth district,encompassing parts of Sumner County,Tennessee.
Sara Peery Kyle is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she currently represents the 30th district in the Tennessee Senate. She became the second woman elected to statewide office in Tennessee when she won the race for Public Service Commissioner in 1994. Kyle has been a member of the Senate since the 109th Tennessee General Assembly.
Mary Littleton is an American politician. A Republican,she has represented District 78 in the Tennessee House of Representatives since January 8,2013.
Tilman Goins is an American politician and a Republican who represented District 10 in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018,and a former county commissioner from Hamblen County,TN. He is a veteran of both the US Marine Corps and the US Army.
Andrew Ellis Farmer is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 17 since January 8,2013.
John B. Holsclaw Jr. is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 4,which includes Unicoi County and parts of Carter County,in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Scott Cepicky is an American politician and former athlete who serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing the 64th district. Cepicky is a member of the Republican Party.
Tom Leatherwood is an American politician serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives from Tennessee's 99th house district,since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. The 99th district includes the Northeast part of Shelby County,Tennessee,including the Town of Arlington,City of Lakeland,City of Millington,parts of North and East Bartlett,and unincorporated Northeast Shelby County.
Vincent Dixie is an American businessman,politician,and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 54 since 2019. Dixie is one of 32 freshman members of the 111th Tennessee General Assembly. He succeeded Brenda Gilmore after she was sworn into the Tennessee Senate.
Jerome Moon is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 8,encompassing parts of Blount County,in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Moon,the former chair of the Blount County Commission,was appointed the State House seat vacated by Art Swann on December 13,2017.
Tim Rudd is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2016,representing District 34.
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