Jimmy Matlock

Jimmy Matlock (born February 5, 1959) is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 21st district, encompassing Lenoir City, and parts of Loudon County and Monroe County.[1][2] He served from 2007 to 2019.[3] He succeeded Russell Johnson.[4] Matlock was succeeded by Lowell Russell.[5]

Jimmy Matlock
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 21st district
In office
2007–2019
Preceded byRussell Johnson
Succeeded byLowell Russell
Personal details
Born (1959-02-05) February 5, 1959
Loudon, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Dean
EducationMiddle Tennessee State University
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Biography

Jimmy Matlock was born on February 5, 1959 in Loudon, Tennessee.[1] He attended the Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee.[1] He inherited a small business.[6][7]

He is a boardmember of the Tellico Reservoir Development Agency, the Eaton Crossroads Ruritan Club, BB&T for the Tennessee region, the Loudon County United Way, the East Tennessee Church of the Nazarene Advisory Board.[1] He is also a former chair of the Loudon County Republican Party, and a member of the Chambers of Commerce of Loudon County, McMinn County, Monroe County, and Blount County.[1]

He is married with three children, and he is a Christian.[1] Matlock is the owner of Matlock Tire Corporation headquartered in Lenoir City, Tennessee. The American Conservative Union gave him a 93% evaluation in 2017.

gollark: Because we do, in fact, need to produce things.
gollark: We could stop COVID-19 from spreading if we forcibly confined everyone to their homes or something. But this would be a terrible idea.
gollark: Though saying "we'll just magically fix everything for Easter" isn't... really good in either way.
gollark: You have to make tradeoffs between saving lives now and keeping the economy from imploding, and can't just go "we'll save one extra life even if it costs a trillion $".
gollark: We use a lot of economic output on stuff like healthcare and education and whatnot which have a large impact on future quality of life.

References
  1. House webpage
  2. Official website
  3. https://ballotpedia.org/Jimmy_Matlock
  4. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=280144
  5. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=818760
  6. Jimmy Matlock, 'Words have consequences: Can we all move past talk of racism?', on Knoxnews.com, November 1, 2009
  7. Official small business website
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