John Ragan

John Ragan
Tennessee House Of Representatives District 33
Incumbent
In office
2010-Present
Term ends
November 4, 2014
Years in position	3
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$19,009/year
Per diem	$173/legislative day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	United States Air Force Academy
Master's	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Military service
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Personal
Birthday	December 16, 1948
Place of birth	Morganton, NC
Profession	Business Consultant
Religion	South Baptist
Websites
Office website

John Ragan is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 33. He was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

Biography

Ragan graduated from the Air Force Academy and earned an MS in Aeronautical Studies from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has worked as a business consultant. Ragan is a retired Air Force fighter pilot.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Ragan served on the following committees:

Tennessee Committee Assignments, 2013
• Government Operations, Vice-chair
• Insurance and Banking
• Government Operations

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ragan served on these committees:

Tennessee Committee Assignments, 2011
• Commerce
• Education

Elections

2012

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2012

Ragan won re-election in the 2012 election for Tennessee House of Representatives, District 33. Ragan ran unopposed in the August 2 primary election and defeated Jim Hackworth (D) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 33, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Ragan Incumbent	51.4%	12,828
	Democratic	Jim Hackworth	48.6%	12,126
Total Votes				24,954

2010

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2010

Ragan defeated Democrat Jim Hackworth in the general election on November 2, 2010. Ragan defeated Johnny Cupp in the August 5 primary.

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 33 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
John D. Ragan (R)		8,569
Jim Hackworth (D)		7,270

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, when Ragan first won election to the House, he collected $32,212 in donations.

His largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee	$4,739
Harwell PAC	$2,000
Randy McNally	$1,300
Eleven other contributors	$1,000 each

Personal

Ragan and his wife, Elizabeth, have two children. They currently reside in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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• Westboro Baptist Church Responds To 'Lemonade For Peace' Sale With Anti ... - Huffington Post
• Oak Ridge's Young Activist Marcel Neergaard Gets State Rep. John Ragan's ... - Knoxville Metro Pulse
• Tennessee student takes on anti - gay politician from his state - Gay Star News
• LMU police officers complete CIT training - Claiborne Progress

External links

Suggest a link

• John Ragan on the Tennessee State House website
• John Ragan's biography on Project Vote Smart
• John Ragan's biography on the University of Tennessee's government relations website
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by Jim Hackworth	Tennessee House of Representatives District 33 2010-present	Succeeded by NA

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