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Charlotte Burks | |
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Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 15th district | |
In office 1998–2015 | |
Preceded by | Tommy Burks |
Succeeded by | Paul Bailey |
Personal details | |
Born | Gainesboro,Tennessee | October 3,1942
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Tommy Burks (died 1998) |
Occupation | Farmer,politician |
Charlotte Gentry Burks (born October 3,1942) is a farmer and Democratic party politician in Tennessee who represented the 15th district as State Senator from 1998 until 2015.
Burks was born in 1942 in Gainesboro,Tennessee,and lives in Monterey,Tennessee. [1] She was married to Tommy Burks,a Tennessee State Senator. They had three children together,one of whom is former Putnam County Executive Kim Blaylock. She also has 11 grandchildren. [2]
In 1998,after Burks' husband was assassinated during an election campaign by his Republican challenger Byron (Low-Tax) Looper,she became a write-in candidate for his seat. Although she did not campaign,family members and friends campaigned extensively on her behalf,and she defeated Looper by a landslide margin, [3] receiving 95% of the vote [4] and becoming the first write-in candidate to win a seat in the Tennessee State Senate. She began her Senate service with the 101st General Assembly.
Burks was reelected in 2002 and 2006 with no substantive opposition.[ citation needed ] In 2010,when Republicans picked up many seats in the General Assembly,Burks won re-election to a fourth four-year term by a margin of just 183 votes over her Republican opponent,Gary Steakley. [3] Burks carried five of the six counties in the largely rural district,losing only in Cumberland County. An independent candidate placed third in the vote. [3] Steakley challenged the results,claiming irregularities on election day,but a State Senate committee found that there was insufficient evidence to question the outcome. [5] [6]
In the Senate,Burks served as the secretary of the education committee;as a member of the joint study economic development;government operations;select on children and youth;and the environment,conservation,and tourism committees. On September 8,2013 she announced her retirement and that she would not run for reelection to the State Senate in 2014. [7] On Election Day,the Republican candidate won the seat. [8]
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