Kerry Roberts

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Kerry Roberts
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Roberts in 2017
Member of the Tennessee Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 13, 2015

Roberts announced his campaign for re-election to the Tennessee Senate on May 15, 2013. [18] On September 24, 2013, Representative Joshua Evans of Greenbrier, TN, announced that he was running against Roberts. [19] Other candidates included Tony Gross, Jim Summerville, and Wayne White. [20] Roberts won the August 7, 2014, Republican primary with 42.16 percent of the vote in a highly-contest primary. Representative Joshua Evans (Greenbrier) came in second with 37.82 percent, followed by incumbent Senator Jim Summerville (Dickson) at 15.87 percent, and businessman Wayne White (Dickson) at 4.15 percent. [21] In the November 4, 2014, general election, Roberts defeated Democratic Party nominee Tony Gross with 70.43 percent of the vote, compared to Gross' 29.57 percent. [22]

2018

In 2018, Roberts ran for re-election to the Tennessee Senate. He was unopposed in the August 2, 2018, Republican primary. On November 6, he won re-election with 11,392 votes. He defeated Democrat Wade Munday who only had 4,757 votes. [23]

Controversies

Higher education

In September 2019 on his weekly talk radio show, The Kerry Roberts Show, Roberts made national news when he claimed that higher education should be abolished to limit the "liberal breeding ground." [24] The Tennessee Star Report on Nashville's Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC welcomed Roberts to discuss his “hyperbole which was misunderstood by the liberal mainstream media” and incorrectly reported as a policy statement. [25]

Roberts’ website posted “His voting record demonstrates consistent support of higher education including the vote to make Tennessee one of the first states in the nation to provide two years of free college or technical education to high school graduates.” [26]

Protestors

In August 2020 during a special legislative session, Roberts was surrounded by protestors in Nashville. The Washington Post berated Roberts for complaining. [27] In a response published by Gannett, Roberts said those in the national media missed his point: he was defending the right of the protestors to protest. [28]

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  27. ↑ "Opinion | The fragile flowers of Tennessee's GOP legislature contravene a basic right". The Washington Post. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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