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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.
John D. Ragan Jr. is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 33 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Jeremy Faison is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the Eleventh District and is the Chairman of the House Republican Caucus. He represents all of Cocke County and part of Hamblen and Jefferson counties.
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.
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.
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 is currently seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee currently held by incumbent Republican Marsha Blackburn.
Sarbjeet S. Kumar is an Indian-American politician and physician. A Republican,Kumar has represented the 66th district in the Tennessee House of Representatives since 2015. He chairs the House Insurance Committee.
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.
Paul Sherrell is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 43 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Dave Wright is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. A Republican,Wright is based in Corryton,an unincorporated community in Knox County,and represents the District 19,which consists of the northeastern parts of Knox County.
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.
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.
Chris Todd is an American biologist and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Todd has represented the 73rd district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Jackson,since 2019.
Diana Lynn Harshbarger is an American pharmacist,businesswoman,and politician. A member of the Republican Party,she has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 1st congressional district since January 3,2021. Her district is based in the Tri-Cities area in northeastern Tennessee.
Michele Carringer is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 16th district. A Republican,Carringer's district includes the suburban areas directly north of Knoxville. Carringer was elected to the state house in 2020,succeeding longtime representative Bill Dunn.
Justin Shea Bautista-Jones is an American activist and politician from the state of Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party,he serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives for District 52,representing parts of Nashville. As of 2023,Jones is the second youngest member of the State House. He was expelled in April 2023 for violating decorum rules by participating in a gun control protest on the House floor. The Nashville Metro Council voted unanimously to reinstate Jones to serve as an interim representative pending a special election to fill the seat.
Justin Jamal Pearson is an American activist and politician. He is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district,covering parts of the city of Memphis. He was elected in a January 2023 special election to succeed Barbara Cooper,who was posthumously re-elected in the November 2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election after dying in October 2022. When he was sworn into office at the age of 28,Pearson became the third youngest lawmaker serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
On April 6,2023,the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on resolutions to expel Democratic Representatives Gloria Johnson,Justin Jones,and Justin J. Pearson for violating the chamber's decorum rules by leading personal protests for gun reform on the House floor and joining demonstrators in the chamber's public galleries during a legislative session three days after the 2023 Covenant School shooting. Resolutions for the expulsions of Jones and Pearson passed with a two-thirds majority,and they were removed from office. The resolution against Johnson failed to pass by one vote.
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- ↑ "Representative Justin Lafferty". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Justin Lafferty". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ↑ Ryan Wilusz (August 2, 2018). "Justin Lafferty pulls GOP upset in District 89, to face Coleen Martinez in November". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ↑ Brenna McDermott (November 6, 2018). "TN Election: Lafferty wins State House District 89 with 64 percent of votes". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ↑ Rick Rojas (May 4, 2021). "Tennessee Lawmaker Is Criticized for Remarks on Three-Fifths Compromise". New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ↑ Nicholas Reimann (May 4, 2021). "Tennessee Lawmaker Bizarrely Defends Three-Fifths Compromise As 'Ending Slavery'". Forbes. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ↑ KIMBERLEE KRUESI (May 4, 2021). "GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery". Associated Press. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ↑ 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 July 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Two representatives expelled from Tennessee House of Representatives". WSMV-TV . April 6, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Justin Lafferty, Conservative for State Representative". Vote For Lafferty. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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