Preceded by Bart Gordon Political party Republican Preceded by Jo Ann Graves Name Diane Black | Succeeded by Kerry Roberts Role U.S. Representative Succeeded by Debra Young Maggart Spouse David Black | |
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Born January 16, 1951 (age 73)
Baltimore, Maryland ( 1951-01-16 ) Occupation Nurse
Politician
Real estate investor Office Representative (R-TN 6th District) since 2011 Residence Gallatin, Tennessee, United States Education Belmont University (1991), Anne Arundel Community College (1971) Children Jill Black Stoyshich, Katie Black Shiver, Steve Black Similar People Scott DesJarlais, Chuck Fleischmann, Phil Roe, Jim Cooper, Bart Gordon Profiles | ||
2015 07 21 rep diane black r tn on planned parenthood selling baby body parts
Diane Lynn Black (née Warren; born January 16, 1951) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district since 2011. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. She is a member of the Republican Party. Previously she was a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 18th district, which encompasses Robertson County and part of Sumner County. She was floor leader of the State Senate Republican Caucus. She is a candidate in the Republican primaries for the Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018.
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- 2015 07 21 rep diane black r tn on planned parenthood selling baby body parts
- Rep diane black on defunding planned parenthood
- Early life and education
- Career
- Tennessee legislature
- US House of Representatives
- 2010 election
- 2012 to present
- 2018 gubernatorial run
- National security
- Personal life
- References
Rep diane black on defunding planned parenthood
Early life and education
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Joseph and Audrey Warren, Black graduated from Andover High School in Linthicum, Maryland, in 1969. She became the first member of her family to earn a college degree after graduating from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland with an associate's degree in nursing. She received a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1991 from Belmont University.
Career
Black worked as a registered nurse until she ran for the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1998. Later she served as an educator at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee.
Tennessee legislature
Before becoming a state senator in 2004, she had previously served as a state representative for six years from 1998. Black was the Assistant Floor Leader of the Senate Republican Caucus, a member of the Senate Government Operations Committee, and the Vice-Chairwoman of the Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee. She was elected the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus Chairwoman in 2006.
In May 2009, Black's legislative aide forwarded an email depicting a collage of United States Presidents. President Barack Obama's section of the collage was represented by a black square with two eyeballs. Black's reprimand of her aide was criticized as too lenient by two political blogs and Tennessee Democratic Party Chairwoman Chip Forrester. Black said the email did not represent her views and that the reprimand of her aide was in keeping with the legislator's human resource policy for email guideline violations.
U.S. House of Representatives
Black is one of two female U.S. Representatives in Congress who prefer the title "congressman"; the other is Republican Marsha Blackburn, also of Tennessee.
2010 election
In December, 2009, she became a candidate for Tennessee's 6th congressional district to succeed Bart Gordon, who did not run for reelection. Her biggest competition in the Republican primary came from former Rutherford County GOP chairwoman Lou Ann Zelenik and State Senator Jim Tracy. On August 5, 2010, Black won the Republican primary with 31% of the vote, over Zelenik and Tracy, who earned 30% each. Brett Carter won the Democratic nomination after well-known elected officials declined the candidacy, leading most Democratic observers to write off the seat as a Republican pickup. CQ Politics rating this race as "Safe Republican". In the November election, Black won with 67 percent of the vote.
2012 to present
In the 2012 general election, Black was a surrogate for Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Black made appearances for Romney in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and in various cable news interviews. Black has been a member of the following committees: Committee on the Budget, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Tea Party Caucus and the Republican Study Committee.
In October 2013, Black introduced the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act (H.R. 3393; 113th Congress), a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate several different education tax incentives into an expanded American Opportunity Tax Credit. The American Opportunity Tax Credit, under this legislation, would provide a maximum credit of $2,500.
Black has received endorsements from Governor Sarah Palin, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Governor Mitt Romney, The National Rifle Association (NRA) Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, former Congressman Allen West, Tennessee Right to Life, Susan B. Anthony List, and The U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
In October 2015, Black was named to serve on the Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood.
2018 gubernatorial run
On August 2, 2017, Black announced her intention to run for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.
National security
Black supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. She stated that “We should insist upon the most careful and cautious vetting possible for refugees from failed states and hostile nations and I commend the President for taking this duty seriously after the failures of the Obama administration.”
Personal life
Black's net worth is "almost $29 million" which includes $8.5 million in real estate and her husband's stake in Aegis Sciences Corporation.