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.
Barbara Lee Cooper was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 86th District.
John D. Ragan Jr. is an American politician. A Republican, he represents District 33 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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.
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.
Charles Nolan "Bud" Hulsey is an American politician. A Republican, he represents the 2nd District in Sullivan County in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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.
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.
Esther Helton is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 30 since November 6, 2018. Helton represents District 30 In Tennessee which includes; East Ridge, East Brainerd, Apison, and Collegedale.
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.
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.
Jason Potts is an American politician who was a representative in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.
London Lamar is an American politician. A Democratic Party member, she serves in the Tennessee Senate representing district 33 since 2022. She was previously a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022 representing District 91. During her time there, she was the youngest Tennessee State Representative in office. She was appointed to the Tennessee Senate in March 2022 by the Shelby County Commission after fellow Democrat Katrina Robinson was expelled due to her indictment on charges of wire fraud. Lamar was sworn in on March 8, 2022, and effectively resigned her house seat.
Dale Carr is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represents the 12th district in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Previously, he was an alderman in Sevierville.
Jason Hodges is an American politician. He is a Democrat who represents the 67th district in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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.
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.
