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 Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature,which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.
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.
Lois Marie DeBerry was an American politician who was a member of Tennessee House of Representatives and former Speaker Pro Tempore of the Tennessee House. She was elected to represent the 91st district,part of Shelby County,as a Democrat. She was first elected to the Tennessee General Assembly in 1972 and was at the time of her death the longest serving member of the House.
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.
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.
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.
Raumesh Aleza Akbari is an American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the 29th district since 2019. She was formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 91st district. She currently serves as First Vice Chair of the Education Committee,and a member of the Commerce and Labor Committee,and the Ethics Subcommittee. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Mary Littleton is an American politician. A Republican,she has represented District 78 in the Tennessee House of Representatives since January 8,2013.
Shane Reeves is an American businessman,pharmacist and politician who is the State Senator for the 14th District of Tennessee,which is composed of Bedford County,Moore County,Lincoln County,Marshall County,and part of Rutherford County. Reeves campaigned as a conservative Republican in the Tennessee State Senate District 14 Special Election in 2018. The special election was mandated because of a vacant seat created by Jim Tracy's acceptance of Tennessee Director for Rural Development with the Trump Administration. Jim Tracy endorsed Shane Reeves. Prior to entering politics,Reeves co-owned Reeves-Sain Drug Store in Murfreesboro,TN,and after selling in 2015,he founded Twelvestone Health Partners in 2016.
Patsy Hazlewood is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 27 from January 8,2014 to 2024.
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.
Jesse Chism is an American politician. He is a Democrat representing District 85 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
