Representative Dennis Powers

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Republican
Jacksboro

District 36
Campbell and part of Union and Anderson Counties

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Contact Information

Nashville Address

425 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Suite 674 Cordell Hull Bldg.
Nashville TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-3335
Fax: (615) 253-0296

District Address

139 Preston Circle
Jacksboro, TN 37757

Staff Contacts

Caroline Cravens

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Personal Info
Committees
Community Involvement
Honors & Awards

- Born September 14, 1953
- Married, wife Tracy
- First Baptist Church of Jacksboro
- Insurance Agent
- LaFollette High School
- B.S. Business Administration, University of Tennessee
- Chair, Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
- Member, Commerce Committee
- Member, Insurance Committee
- Member, Transportation Committee
- Member, Commerce Committee of the Second Extraordinary Session
- Chair, Banking Committee of the Third Extraordinary Session
- Member, Calendar and Rules Committee of the Third Extraordinary Session
- House member 107th through 112th General Assemblies
- Majority Caucus Vice Chairman in the 110th General Assembly
- Vice-Chair, Republican Caucus
- Past President, South Campbell Co. Rotary Club
- Chamber of Commerce
- President Campbell Co. Young Republicans
- Committee Chair Good Will Industries
- Golf Coach and Adopter, Jacksboro Middle School
- Senior League Baseball
- Volunteer LaFollette Medical Center
- Committee Chair, Boy Scouts of America
- Mentor Program, West LaFollette Elementary School
- Friends of Cove Lake State Park
- National Right to Life
- National Rifle Association
- Campbell Co. Habitat for Humanity Board
- American Cancer Society
- Relay for Life
- Committee Chair, Adopt-A-School Program
- First Baptist Church of Jacksboro
- Campbell Co. Jaycees
- Heritage Foundation
- American Legislative Exchange Council
- TN Farm Bureau
- Leadership Campbell County
- Wounded Warrior Project
- National Conference of State Legislators
- National Federation of Independent Business
- Mentor with Tennessee Promise
- TN Energy Task Force
- TN Opioid Task Force
- 2022 Champion of Commerce award – Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Legislator of the Year - TN Conservative
- 2021 NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award
- Award of Conservative Excellence - American Conservative Union Foundation
- 2018 Legislator of the Year – TN Mining Association
- 2018 Conservative Achievement Award – American Conservative Union Foundation
- 2016 Legislator of the Year - East Tennessee Development District
- 2014 American Conservative Union Defender of Liberty Award
- Americans for Prosperity "Champion for Prosperity"
- Rotary Paul Harris Fellow

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