Rebecca Alexander (politician)
Rebecca Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 7th district | |
| Assumed office January 12, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebecca Kefauver November 4, 1958 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Milligan College (BA) East Tennessee State University (MEd) |
Rebecca Alexander (born November 4, 1958)[1] is an American politician, businesswoman, and former teacher serving as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 7th district. She assumed office on January 12, 2021.
Education
[edit]Alexander graduated from Daniel Boone High School in Gray, Tennessee. She then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, sociology, and psychology from Milligan College and a Master of Education from East Tennessee State University.
Career
[edit]Alexander began her career as an English teacher. She then joined Magnavox, eventually becoming a national sales manager with the organization. She also helped her husband operate his family's business, the Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home.[2] Alexander was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in November 2020.[3]
In 2023, the Tennessee House voted on motions to remove three sitting Democratic representatives — Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin J. Pearson — for disrupting proceedings with a protest as demonstrators were at the capitol voicing their outrage over a mass shooting at a Nashville school that left six dead.[4] Alexander voted in favor of all three resolutions: HR 63, to remove Pearson;[5] HR 64, to remove Johnson;[6] and HR 65, to remove Jones.[7] Pearson and Jones were expelled, while Johnson was not.[8]
Personal life
[edit]She is married and has two daughters.
References
[edit]- ^ "Representative Rebecca Alexander". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Rebecca Alexander announces her bid for State House". Herald & Tribune - Jonesborough, TN. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Rebecca Alexander". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Tennessee GOP file resolutions to expel three Democrats who led gun reform chants on House floor". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "HR0063". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "HR0064". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "HR0065". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ Kruesi, Kimberly; Mattise, Jonathan (6 April 2023). "Tennessee's House expels 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest". Associated Press News.
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- 21st-century American legislators
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Milligan University alumni
- East Tennessee State University alumni
- People from Washington County, Tennessee
- 21st-century Tennessee politicians