Preceded by Linda Elam Political party Republican Preceded by Mae Beavers Name Susan Lynn | Succeeded by Linda Elam Party Republican Party Nationality American | |
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Alma mater SUNY, Tennessee State University Role Tennessee State Representative Education Tennessee State University Office Tennessee State Representative since 2013 Residence Old Hickory, Tennessee, United States | ||
TN Representative Susan Lynn (R)
Susan M. Lynn (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 57 since January 8, 2013. Lynn served non-consecutively from January 2003 until January 2011
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- TN Representative Susan Lynn R
- Early life
- Political career
- Personal life
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Early life
Susan Lynn was born on April 26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended and graduated from Bishop Dunn Memorial School and Mount St. Mary's Academy. She graduated high school from Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) in Newburgh, NY. She completed her BS in economics at Tennessee State University.
Political career
When Republican Representative Mae Beavers vacated the 57th district House seat to run for Tennessee Senate, Lynn ran in the four-way August 1, 2002 Republican Primary, winning with 3,531 votes (50.2%) and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 14,332 votes (62.9%) against Democratic nominee Danny Farmer. In 2004, Lynn was challenged in the August 5, 2004 Republican Primary, winning with 3,228 votes (66.6%) and won the November 2, 2004 General election with 28,019 votes. In 2006, Lynn was unopposed for both the August 3, 2006 Republican Primary, winning with 6,169 votes, and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 21,258 votes. Lynn was unopposed for the August 7, 2008 Republican Primary, winning with 2,743 votes, and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 26,894 votes (74.4%) against Democratic nominee Ken Wilkinson. In 2010, Lynn became a candidate for state Senate for the 17th district in August 2009, nearly two months after incumbent state Senator Mae Beavers announced her plans to vacate the seat in order to run for County Mayor of Wilson County, TN. Ten months later, Beavers had a sudden change of heart, and in a surprise move re-entered the Senate race creating a three-way Republican Primary for the August 5, 2010 election. Lynn lost to incumbent Beavers by a narrow 2 percentage points, Beavers was re-elected in the November 2, 2010 General election against Democratic nominee George McDonald. In 2012, Lynn ran again for the House district 57th seat in the August 2, 2012 Republican Primary; a seat then held by single term incumbent Linda Elam. Lynn regained the seat with 67% of the vote To regain her former seat, Lynn challenged District 57 incumbent Representative Linda Elam in the August 2, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,720 votes (67.6%) and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 24,116 votes. In 2014, Lynn was re-elected to the Tennessee House in District 57. The Democrat Challenger, Jesse McLevain, received 4,533 votes and Lynn received 14,919 votes. Lynn was unopposed in the Primary Election.
With Bill Ketron, Lynn sponsored a "no-go zone" bill in February 2015.
Lynn proposed an anti-transgender bathroom bill in 2016. She called transgender identity a "mental disorder" (sic).
In April 2016, Lynn distributed an islamophobic DVD to her colleagues in the legislature, some of whom "formally filed a workplace harassment complaint with [...] the state's head of legislative human resources." The DVD, titled America's Mosques Exposed: Video Evidence They Are War Factories, was produced by Patriot Pastor Organization, whose executive director, Louie Johnston, is one of her constituents.
Personal life
Lynn has a husband, Michael, and two children. She is a Southern Baptist.