Bud Hulsey

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Charles "Bud" Hulsey
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Representative Bud Hulsey
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 2nd district
Assumed office
November 5, 2014
Preceded byTony Shipley
Personal details
Born (1949-05-30) May 30, 1949 (age 72)
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceKingsport, TN
Alma materBob Jones University, B.A.

Charles "Bud" Hulsey (born May 30, 1949) is the State Representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives 2nd District in Sullivan County.[1]

Early life[]

Bud Hulsey was born on May 30, 1949 and he attended Durango High School from 1964 to his 1967 graduation. Hulsey later attended Bob Jones University from 1967 to 1972 where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Education from Bob Jones University at Greenville, South Carolina.[1]

Career[]

Bud Hulsey is a retired Kingsport Police lieutenant with post graduate work at the University of Virginia via 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 Primaries 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 landslide 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.[5] 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.[6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he proposed legislation to prohibit mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.[7]

Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bud Hulsey 12,249 84.2
Independent J.R. Enfield 2,302 15.8
Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bud Hulsey 20,334 80.5
Democratic J.S. Moore 4,940 19.6
Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bud Hulsey 17,444 75.9
Democratic Arvil Love, Jr. 4,966 21.6
Independent Robert Ellis 572 2.5
Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bud Hulsey 23,278 77.1
Democratic Arvil Love, Jr. 6,902 22.9

Committee assignments[]

Hulsey serves 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.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Representatives - TN General Assembly".
  2. ^ "Burlington Logistics, Inc. - About Us".
  3. ^ a b "Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia".
  4. ^ "Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia".
  5. ^ "Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia".
  6. ^ "Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia".
  7. ^ Yu, Yue Stella. "Tennessee bill allowing religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines advances in Senate". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  8. ^ "Kingsport businessman Michael K. Locke killed in hit-and-run incident".
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