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Blount County is a county located in the East Tennessee Grand Division of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,its population was 135,280. The county seat is Maryville,which is also the county's largest city. Blount County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area.
Maryville is a city in and the county seat of Blount County,Tennessee. Its population was 31,907 at the 2020 census.
Mary Marsha Blackburn is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee. Blackburn was first elected to the Senate in 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Blackburn was a state senator from 1999 to 2003 and represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019,during which time the National Journal rated her among the House's most conservative members.
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993,where he helped with the implementation of Education 2000.
William Blount was an American politician,landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the state of Tennessee. He was selected as one of Tennessee's initial United States Senators in 1796,serving until he was expelled for treason in 1797.
Timothy Floyd Burchett is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district,based in Knoxville,serving since 2019.
William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville,Tennessee.
Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats,a majority of Congressional seats,and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville,Memphis,and parts of Knoxville,Chattanooga,Clarksville,Murfreesboro,and Jackson. Several suburban areas of Nashville and Memphis also contain significant Democratic minorities.
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.
Richard Glen Casada Jr. is an American politician,and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,where he represented District 63 from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8,2019 through August 2,2019,whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal. This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
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.
Mark Edward Green is an American politician,physician,and retired U.S. Army major who has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Green has chaired the Committee on Homeland Security since 2023. Before his election to Congress,he served in the Tennessee Senate from 2013 to 2018,representing the 22nd district.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6,2018,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn won the open seat,defeating former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen.
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.
William Francis Hagerty IV is an American politician,businessman,and diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 30th United States ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 under President Donald Trump.
Elections in Tennessee are held to fill various local,state,and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. Statewide legislative referrals and referendums may also be on the ballot in some elections. Tennessee is one of thirteen states that holds its presidential primaries on Super Tuesday.
William Byron Lee is an American businessman and politician who has served since 2019 as the 50th governor of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party,Lee was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Lee Company,a business operated by his family,from 1992 to 2016.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 8,2022,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
Tennessee's 2nd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Art Swann since his 2017 appointment to replace fellow Republican Doug Overbey.
The 2024 Tennessee State Senate elections will be held on November 5,2024,to elect 16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate. The elections will coincide with the Presidential,U.S. Senate,U.S. House,and State House elections. The primary elections will be held on August 1,2024,with the exception of presidential primaries being held on March 5.
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- ↑ Vines, Georgiana (December 1, 2017). "Art Swann sworn in as new 2nd District Tennessee state senator". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ "Art Swann". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ "Tenn. Republicans sign letter in support of President Trump's effort to contest election results". News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF). 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ "International observers see no fraud in US vote". News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF). 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ "No Evidence of Systematic Fraud in U.S. Elections, International Observer Mission Reports". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ Schelzig, Erik (2020-11-10). "24 of 27 Senate Republicans agree: Trump should challenge outcome". TNJ. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ Elliott, Stephen (2024-01-09). "Legislature convenes with education, abortion, taxes on the agenda". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- 1 2 3 "Art Swann's Biography PrintTrack This Politician". Vote Smart. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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