Bud Hulsey
Bud Hulsey | |
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![]() Representative Bud Hulsey | |
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 2nd district | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office January 13, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Tony Shipley |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Nolan Hulsey (1949-05-30) May 30, 1949 (age 75) |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Kingsport, Tennessee |
Alma mater | Bob Jones University, B.A. |
Charles Nolan "Bud" Hulsey (born May 30, 1949) is an American politician. A Republican, he represents the 2nd District in Sullivan County in the Tennessee House of Representatives .[1]
Early life
Bud Hulsey was born on May 30, 1949, and he attended Durango High School as a Durango Demon from 1964 to his 1967 graduation. Hulsey later attended Bob Jones University at Greenville, South Carolina from 1967 to 1972 where was a member of the "Byran" (William Jennings Bryan Literary Society at Bob Jones University) men's society and where he also obtained his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in education.[1]
Career
Bud Hulsey is a retired Kingsport Police lieutenant with post graduate work at the University of Virginia via the FBI National Academy.[1]
He is the owner and President of Burlington Logistics, Inc., a trucking company located in the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee.[2]
Hulsey was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives as a member of the 109th General Assembly in 2014 after defeating three-term incumbent Tony Shipley[3] in the Republican primary and Independent J.R. Enfield in the general election.[3] He was again elected to serve in the 110th General Assembly in 2016 after a victory over Democratic challenger J.S. Moore.[4] On November 6, 2018, Hulsey was re-elected to serve in the 111th General Assembly after defeating Democratic challenger Arvil Love, Jr. and Independent challenger Robert Ellis in the General Election.[4] The second district proved its loyalty to Hulsey yet again on November 3, 2020, when they overwhelmingly supported him against repeat challenger Arvil Love, Jr. in the general election.[4] He has since been re-elected uncontested.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he proposed legislation to prohibit mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.[5]
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 citizens were at the capitol voicing their outrage over a mass shooting at a Nashville school that left six dead.[6] Hulsey voted in favor of all three resolutions: HR 63, to remove Pearson;[7] HR 64, to remove Johnson;[8] and HR 65, to remove Jones.[9] Pearson and Jones were expelled, while Johnson was not.[10]
In 2024, Hulsey proposed to ban lab-grown meat. He argued that exposing humans to lab-grown meat was a violation of the Nuremberg Code (a set of ethical research principles for human experimentation established in the wake of Nazi experiments on humans).[11]
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey | 12,249 | 84.2 | |
Independent | J.R. Enfield | 2,302 | 15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey | 20,334 | 80.5 | |
Democratic | J.S. Moore | 4,940 | 19.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey | 17,444 | 75.9 | |
Democratic | Arvil Love, Jr. | 4,966 | 21.6 | |
Independent | Robert Ellis | 572 | 2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey | 23,278 | 77.1 | |
Democratic | Arvil Love, Jr. | 6,902 | 22.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey | 15,359 | 99.6 | |
Other (United States) | Write-in | 63 | 0.4 |
Committee assignments
Hulsey serves in the 113th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Criminal Justice Committee[1]
- Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee[1]
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee[1]
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Subcommittee[1]
- Member, Calendars and Rules Committee*Member[1]
Hulsey served in the 112th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Corrections Subcommittee[1]
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee[1]
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Subcommittee[1]
- Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee[1]
- Member, State Government Committee[1]
Hulsey served in the 111th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Corrections Subcommittee[1]
- Member, State Committee[1]
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee[1]
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Subcommittee[1]
- Member, Judiciary Committee[1]
- Member, Public Safety Committee of Extraordinary Session II[1]
Hulsey served in the 110th General Assembly as:
- Vice-chair, House State Government Committee[1]
- Member, House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee[1]
- Member, House State Government Committee[1]
Hulsey served in the 109th General Assembly as:
- Member, House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee[1]
- Member, House State Government Committee[1]
- Member, House State Government Subcommittee[1]
Other
- In July 2014, Hulsey lost his campaign chair, former Tennessee State Representative Michael Locke, in a hit and run incident by a drunk driver.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Representatives - TN General Assembly".
- ^ "Burlington Logistics, Inc. - About Us".
- ^ a b "Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia".
- ^ a b c "Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia".
- ^ Yu, Yue Stella. "Tennessee bill allowing religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines advances in Senate". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Moves to ban lab-grown meat intensify in Republican US states". Financial Times. 2024.
- ^ "Kingsport businessman Michael K. Locke killed in hit-and-run incident". 23 June 2014.
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