Scotty Campbell
| Scotty Campbell | ||
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| Tennessee House Of Representatives District 3 | ||
| Retired | ||
| In office | ||
| 2011-2012 | ||
| Party | Republican | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| First elected | November 2, 2010 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | Cumberland University | |
| Personal | ||
| Birthday | February 21, 1984 | |
| Religion | Baptist | |
| Websites | ||
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From 2006-2010, Campbell worked for House Speaker Kent Williams and other members of the General Assembly. He has also worked as a 911 Police/Fire/EMS Dispatcher.
Campbell earned a BS from Cumberland University and has completed graduate coursework in public administration from Tennessee State University.
Campbell did not seek re-election in 2012.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Campbell served on these committees:
Elections
2010
Campbell defeated Democrat Joe Mike Akard and independents Parke S. Morris and Thomas White in the general election on November 2, 2010. Campbell defeated Carl Michael Howard, Nick Collette, Sherry Greene Grubb, Timothy Hill, Richard Armstrong, III and Marvin Gurley in the August 5 primary.[2][3]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 3 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Scotty Campbell (R)
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10,782 | |||
| Joe Mike Akard (D) | 3,833 | |||
| Parke S. Morris (I) | 123 | |||
| Thomas White (I) | 307 | |||
Campaign donors
2010
In 2010, when Campbell first won election to the House, he collected $59,645 in donations.[4]
His five largest contributors in 2010 were:
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| KPAC | $9,000 |
| Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association | $4,500 |
| East Tennessee GOP | $2,200 |
| Beth Halteman Harwell | $2,000 |
| Charles Sargent, Jr. | $2,000 |
Issues
Teachers' union bill
The Tennessee Tea Party emailed an alert about 20 House Republicans in March 2011 for refusing to take a strong public stand on a dominating issues: teachers’ union collective bargaining.
The Tennessee Tea Party's “action alert” encouraged Tennesseans sympathetic to their cause to pressure middle-of-the-road Republicans to get on board with conservative efforts to ban collective bargaining for public school teachers.
“I generally don’t take a firm stand on a bill until it’s completed, especially if there’s a great chance it’s going to be amended,” said Rep. Vince Dean.
Dean added that the legislation still has a long way to go before becoming law.
Rep. Scotty Campbell said he avoided taking a position because that’s what Gov. Bill Haslam had done.
“I was trying to follow his lead, and I think that was the commendable thing to do on this issue in particular,” said Campbell. “I didn’t campaign on it, it wasn’t part of my agenda and I think there are bigger matters facing us, like the economy, jobs, and the need to pass a balanced budget, which we of course have to do.”
Rep. Mark Pody said he’s in the process of informally polling teachers in his district to see whether or not they favor union collective bargaining.
When the Tennessee Report asked whether he thinks unions are a positive influence in * Education, Pody said, “That’s exactly why I am going to the schools — to see what is best for the students.”[5]
Personal
Campbell is married.
External links
- Scotty Campbell's biography on Project Vote Smart
- Scotty Campbell's biography on the University of Tennessee's government relations website
- Campaign contributions: 2010
References
- ↑ Tennessee Department of State - Elections, "List of 2012 Candidates," retrieved July 5, 2012
- ↑ Unofficial Republican state representative primary results from the TN Secretary of State
- ↑ Tennessee General election results
- ↑ Follow the Money.org, Scotty Campbell candidate summary, Retrieved June 13, 2011
- ↑ "GOP Moderates Mull Collective Bargaining Compromise, Tea Party Pressure," by Andrea Zelinski, Tennessee Report, March 22, 2011
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| Preceded by Jason Mumpower |
Tennessee House of Representatives District 3 2010-2012 |
Succeeded by Timothy Hill (R) |
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