Todd Gardenhire

American politician
Randall Todd Gardenhire
Member of the Tennessee Senate
from the 10th[1] district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2013
Preceded byAndy Berke
Personal details
Born (1948-05-07) May 7, 1948 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSylvia née Gowen Gardenhire
ResidenceChattanooga, Tennessee
EducationUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga (BS)

Randall Todd Gardenhire[2] (born May 7, 1948)[1] is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing District 10 since January 8, 2013.

Education

Gardenhire earned his B.S. in business administration from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1972.[1]

Elections

  • 2012 With District 10 incumbent Democratic Senator Andy Berke running for mayor of Chattanooga and leaving the seat open, Gardenhire ran in the August 2, 2012, Republican Primary, winning by 40 votes with 8,022 votes (50.1%),[3] and won the November 6, 2012, General election with 49,472 votes (69.2%) against Democratic nominee Andraé McGary.[4]

Voting Record

Personal life

Gardenhire is married to Sylvia G. Gardenhire and has four children and five grandchildren. He is a Presbyterian.[1]

Gardenhire was a Senior Vice President of Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a Vice President at Merrill Lynch (1976-1987), and a Branch Manager at Pioneer Bank (1972-1976). Gardenhire also served both as a former Presidential Appointee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty during the administration of President George W. Bush and as a former Presidential Appointee of White House Advance Operations during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. His wife Sylvia is retired from IBM.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Senator Todd Gardenhire". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Todd Gardenhire's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Republican Primary" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 104 & 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 7 & 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  5. ^ https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138996/todd-gardenhire "Vote Smart - Todd Gardenhire's Biography"

External links

  • Official page at the Tennessee General Assembly
  • Profile at Vote Smart
  • Todd Gardenhire at Ballotpedia
  • Todd Gardenhire at OpenSecrets
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Members of the Tennessee State Senate
113th General Assembly (2023–2025)
Lt. Governor and Speaker
Randy McNally (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Ferrell Haile (R)
Majority Leader
Jack Johnson (R)
Minority Leader
Raumesh Akbari (D)
  1. ▌J. Adam Lowe (R)
  2. ▌Art Swann (R)
  3. ▌Rusty Crowe (R)
  4. ▌Jon Lundberg (R)
  5. ▌Randy McNally (R)
  6. ▌Becky Massey (R)
  7. ▌Richard Briggs (R)
  8. ▌Frank Niceley (R)
  9. ▌Steve Southerland (R)
  10. ▌Todd Gardenhire (R)
  11. ▌Bo Watson (R)
  12. ▌Ken Yager (R)
  13. ▌Dawn White (R)
  14. ▌Shane Reeves (R)
  15. ▌Paul Bailey (R)
  16. ▌Janice Bowling (R)
  17. ▌Mark Pody (R)
  18. ▌Ferrell Haile (R)
  19. ▌Charlane Oliver (D)
  20. ▌Heidi Campbell (D)
  21. ▌Jeff Yarbro (D)
  22. ▌Bill Powers (R)
  23. ▌Kerry Roberts (R)
  24. ▌John Stevens (R)
  25. ▌Ed Jackson (R)
  26. ▌Page Walley (R)
  27. ▌Jack Johnson (R)
  28. ▌Joey Hensley (R)
  29. ▌Raumesh Akbari (D)
  30. ▌Sara Kyle (D)
  31. ▌Brent Taylor (R)
  32. ▌Paul Rose (R)
  33. ▌London Lamar (D)


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