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Steven Ernst Stivers is an American businessman and politician who was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 15th congressional district from 2011 until 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party,and became chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2017. Stivers previously served in the Ohio Senate,representing the 15th district. He is a major general in the Ohio Army National Guard,serving as the Assistant Adjutant General,and served active duty in Iraq as a battalion commander until December 2005. On May 16,2021,he resigned his seat to become the president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Steve Godsey was the County Mayor of Sullivan County,Tennessee from 2006 until 2014 when Richard Venable was elected. He was also a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Milton Hugh Hamilton Jr. was an American politician who served in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly and was majority leader of the Tennessee State Senate and Tennessee Commissioner of Environment and Conservation.
Micheal R. Williams is a Tennessee politician who formerly served in the Tennessee State Senate and was elected county mayor of Union County in August 2010.
Bill Ketron,Jr. is a Tennessee politician who was the Mayor of Rutherford County,previously serving as a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 13th district,which was composed of Lincoln,Marshall,and Maury counties,as well as part of Rutherford County from 2003 to his resignation in 2018. He won the August 2 general election for mayor and assumed office on September 1,2018,resigning from the Senate on the previous day. In the May 3,2022 Republican primary,Ketron lost reelection to former state representative Joe Carr,who went on to win the general election to succeed him.
Jerry Wayne Cooper was a Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 14th district,which encompasses Franklin,Bledsoe,Coffee,Grundy,Sequatchie,Van Buren,and Warren counties. On August 22,2006,Cooper was indicted by a federal grand jury on three felony counts:bank fraud,mail fraud,and conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud. He was acquitted of those charges,but in November 2007 he was fined $120,000 by the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance for state election finance violations and on December 7,2007,he resigned his State Senate seat.
Foy W. "Bo" Watson is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate,representing the 11th district since 2007.
Jon Lundberg is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate for the 4th district. He was first elected to the 105th Tennessee General Assembly (2007–2008). He serves as deputy speaker of the Senate and first vice chairman of the Education Committee,a member of the Finance and Judiciary Committee. In the House,he was chairman of the Civil Justice Committee,the Commerce Subcommittee,a member of the Civil Justice Subcommittee,a member of the Insurance and Banking Committee,and a member of the Calendar and Rules Committee. He also served in leadership as the Republican floor leader.
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.
Claudius Hart Huston (1876–1952) was a prominent industrialist and politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee,he became a leader in the development of the Tennessee River.
William Steve Southerland II is an American businessman,lobbyist and former Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2015. The district includes most of the eastern Florida Panhandle,from Panama City to the state capital,Tallahassee. He was narrowly defeated for re-election in 2014 by Democrat Gwen Graham,becoming one of only two incumbent House Republicans to lose a general election that year,along with Lee Terry of Nebraska.
Mike Bell is a former Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for the 9th district,encompassing Riceville,Bradley County,McMinn County,Meigs County,and Polk County. Prior to that,he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Becky Duncan Massey is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for the 6th district,encompassing Knoxville and Knox County.
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.
Ken Yager is a Republican politician who is currently serving as a State Senator in Tennessee,for District 12. Yager was first elected to this position in 2008 and represents the people in the counties of District 12,which are Campbell,Clay,Fentress,Macon,Morgan,Overton,Pickett,Roane,and Scott.
Clark Boyd is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 46 since January 2018.
Jerry Sexton is a retired American politician who served as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Sexton represented Tennessee House District 35,an area in East Tennessee consisting of Grainger,Claiborne,and part of Union counties from 2015 until his retirement following redistricting in 2023. Sexton would be succeeded by several representatives,including Rick Eldridge,Gary Hicks,and Dennis Powers,for Grainger,Claiborne,and Union counties respectively following the dissolution of District 35.
Chris Hurt is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 82,which contains parts of Lauderdale,Haywood,and Crockett counties,in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Tennessee's 9th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Steve Southerland since 2003.
The 2022 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 8,2022,to elect 17 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor,U.S. House,and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 4,2022.
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