Kent Calfee

American politician
Kent Calfee
Calfee in 2018
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 32nd[1] district
In office
January 8, 2013 – January 10, 2023
Preceded byJulia Hurley
Succeeded byMonty Fritts
Personal details
Born (1949-05-15) May 15, 1949 (age 74)
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceKingston, Tennessee
Alma materEast Tennessee State University

Kent Calfee[2] (born May 15, 1949) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 32 since January 8, 2013. A picture of him drinking water out of a Hershey's Syrup bottle went viral in 2020. When asked about it, he said he wasn't going to pay for a water bottle that he would probably end up losing.[3]

Education

Calfee attended East Tennessee State University.

Elections

2012 Calfee challenged District 32 Representative Julia Hurley in the August 2, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,611 votes (55.4%),[4] and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 16,447 votes (69.5%) against Democratic nominee Jack McNew and Independent candidate Allen Cole.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Rep. Kent Calfee". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kent Calfee's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  3. ^ "This Photo of a Tennessee Lawmaker Seemingly Chugging Chocolate Syrup Went Viral". Time. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  4. ^ "State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Republican Primary" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  5. ^ "State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.

External links

  • Official page Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine at the Tennessee General Assembly
  • Profile at Vote Smart
  • Kent Calfee at Ballotpedia
  • Kent Calfee at OpenSecrets
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113th General Assembly (2023–2025)
Speaker of the House
Cameron Sexton (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Pat Marsh (R)
Deputy Speaker
Curtis Johnson (R)
Majority Leader
William Lamberth (R)
Minority Leader
Karen Camper (D)
  1. ▌John Crawford (R)
  2. ▌Bud Hulsey (R)
  3. ▌Timothy Hill (R)
  4. ▌John Holsclaw Jr. (R)
  5. ▌David Hawk (R)
  6. ▌Tim Hicks (R)
  7. ▌Rebecca Alexander (R)
  8. ▌Jerome Moon (R)
  9. ▌Gary W. Hicks (R)
  10. ▌Rick Eldridge (R)
  11. ▌Jeremy Faison (R)
  12. ▌Dale Carr (R)
  13. ▌Robert Stevens (R)
  14. ▌Jason Zachary (R)
  15. ▌Sam McKenzie (D)
  16. ▌Michele Carringer (R)
  17. ▌Andrew Farmer (R)
  18. ▌Elaine Davis (R)
  19. ▌Dave Wright (R)
  20. ▌Bryan Richey (R)
  21. ▌Lowell Russell (R)
  22. ▌Dan Howell (R)
  23. ▌Mark Cochran (R)
  24. ▌Kevin Raper (R)
  25. ▌Cameron Sexton (R)
  26. ▌Greg Martin (R)
  27. ▌Patsy Hazlewood (R)
  28. ▌Yusuf Hakeem (D)
  29. ▌Greg Vital (R)
  30. ▌Esther Helton (R)
  31. ▌Ron Travis (R)
  32. ▌Monty Fritts (R)
  33. ▌John Ragan (R)
  34. ▌Tim Rudd (R)
  35. ▌William Slater (R)
  36. ▌Dennis Powers (R)
  37. ▌Charlie Baum (R)
  38. ▌Kelly Keisling (R)
  39. ▌Iris Rudder (R)
  40. ▌Michael Hale (R)
  41. ▌Ed Butler (R)
  42. ▌Ryan Williams (R)
  43. ▌Paul Sherrell (R)
  44. ▌William Lamberth (R)
  45. ▌Johnny Garrett (R)
  46. ▌Clark Boyd (R)
  47. ▌Rush Bricken (R)
  48. ▌Bryan Terry (R)
  49. ▌Mike Sparks (R)
  50. ▌Bo Mitchell (D)
  51. ▌Aftyn Behn (D)
  52. ▌Justin Jones (D)
  53. ▌Jason Powell (D)
  54. ▌Vincent B. Dixie (D)
  55. ▌John Ray Clemmons (D)
  56. ▌Bob Freeman (D)
  57. ▌Susan Lynn (R)
  58. ▌Harold Love Jr. (D)
  59. ▌Caleb Hemmer (D)
  60. ▌Darren Jernigan (D)
  61. ▌Gino Bulso (R)
  62. ▌Pat Marsh (R)
  63. ▌Jake McCalmon (R)
  64. ▌Scott Cepicky (R)
  65. ▌Sam Whitson (R)
  66. ▌Sabi Kumar (R)
  67. ▌Ronnie Glynn (D)
  68. ▌Curtis Johnson (R)
  69. ▌Jody Barrett (R)
  70. ▌Clay Doggett (R)
  71. ▌Kip Capley (R)
  72. ▌Kirk Haston (R)
  73. ▌Chris Todd (R)
  74. ▌Jay Reedy (R)
  75. ▌Jeff Burkhart (R)
  76. ▌Tandy Darby (R)
  77. ▌Rusty Grills (R)
  78. ▌Mary Littleton (R)
  79. ▌Brock Martin (R)
  80. ▌Johnny Shaw (D)
  81. ▌Debra Moody (R)
  82. ▌Chris Hurt (R)
  83. ▌Mark White (R)
  84. ▌Joe Towns (D)
  85. ▌Jesse Chism (D)
  86. ▌Justin Pearson (D)
  87. ▌Karen Camper (D)
  88. ▌Larry Miller (D)
  89. ▌Justin Lafferty (R)
  90. ▌Gloria Johnson (D)
  91. ▌Torrey Harris (D)
  92. ▌Todd Warner (R)
  93. ▌G. A. Hardaway (D)
  94. ▌Ron Gant (R)
  95. ▌Kevin Vaughan (R)
  96. ▌Dwayne Thompson (D)
  97. ▌John Gillespie (R)
  98. ▌Antonio Parkinson (D)
  99. ▌Tom Leatherwood (R)


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