Lipscomb University is a private Christian university in Nashville,Tennessee. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The campus is located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville;it also maintains one satellite location called "Spark" in Downtown Nashville to serve the business community. Total student enrollment for the fall 2022 semester was 4,704,which included 2,955 undergraduate students and 1,749 graduate students.
Brian Kelsey is an American politician and former member of the Tennessee State Senate. A member of the Republican party,he was elected to represent District 31,which encompassed the following parts of Shelby County:Cordova,East Memphis,and Germantown.
Doug Overbey is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 2017 to 2021. Prior to becoming the U.S. Attorney,he represented District 2 in the Tennessee Senate as a Republican from 2009 to 2017. Overbey was chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and vice-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. He is a senior partner and co-founder of the Robertson Overbey law firm and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Tennessee College of Law. Prior to becoming a state senator,Overbey served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008. On February 8,2021,he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.
Ron Travis is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 31st district,encompassing parts of Bledsoe,Roane,Sequatchie and Rhea Counties. He was last elected November 6,2018 and he has been in office for 7 years. His term ends in 2020.
Harold Moses Love Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he represents the 58th District in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He is the House Democratic assistant leader and President-Elect of The National Black Caucus of State Legislators. Love's father,Harold Moses Love Sr.,was a Nashville city councilman from 1962 to 1970 and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 54th District from 1968 to 1994.
Mary Littleton is an American politician. A Republican,she has represented District 78 in the Tennessee House of Representatives since January 8,2013.
Timothy Aaron Hill is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Antonio Parkinson is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 98 since his special election March 8,2011,following the death of Representative Ulysses Jones,Jr.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 3,2020,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate. The 2020 U.S. presidential election and elections to the U.S. House of Representatives were also held,as well as the State Senate and State House elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Lamar Alexander announced that he would not run for re-election on December 17,2018. The former United States Ambassador to Japan,Bill Hagerty won the open seat by a large margin defeating his Democratic opponent Marquita Bradshaw.
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.
John Ray Clemmons is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party,he serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing the 55th district,in West Nashville.
Yusuf Hakeem is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives and is a former member of the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole.
Jason K. Zachary is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 14 in the Tennessee State 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.
Mark Cochran is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represents District 23 in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was elected as part of the 111th general assembly in November 2018. He was preceded by Republican representative John W. Forgety. District 23 encompasses McMinn County and parts of Monroe County. Cochran began serving as the treasurer for the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 2019.
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.
Jason Potts is an American politician who was a representative in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.
Clark Boyd is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 46 since January 2018.
James Allen Tipton is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 53rd House district since January 2015. His district consists of Anderson and Spencer counties. He currently serves as chair of the House Standing Committee on Education.
The 2023 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 3,2023,to elect the next mayor of Nashville,Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John Cooper did not seek re-election to a second term in office. A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Cooper,with Democratic metro councilmember Freddie O'Connell and Republican political consultant Alice Rolli advancing to the runoff because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote. In the runoff election,O'Connell was elected with 63.9% of the vote,defeating Rolli and becoming the 10th mayor of metro Nashville.
