Jeremy Durham

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Jeremy Durham
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 65th district
Personal details
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Jessica Durham
Residence Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation Lawyer, politician

Jeremy Durham is an American politician. Since January 2013 he has served as the Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 65th District, encompassing parts of Williamson County, Tennessee.[1][2]

Early years

Jeremy Durham was born in Jackson, Tennessee and grew up in Adamsville.[3] He graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 2006 and earned a J.D. from the University of Memphis Law School in 2008.[1] From 2009 to 2011 he served as chairman of the Tennessee Young Republican Federation and founded the Tennessee Young Republicans PAC, which raised nearly $25,000 for Republican candidates in Tennessee.[4] He was a partner in the law firm Hawkins, Durham & Associates from 2010 to 2012.[3]

Tennessee legislature

Committee assignments

Durham is a member of the Tennessee House Insurance and Banking Committee, the House Local Government Committee, and the House Local Government Subcommittee.[1] In December 2014, during the 109th General Assembly, he was elected House Majority Whip.[5]

Legislation

As of April 2016 Durham is the primary sponsor of 171 bills.[6]

Awards

He was named "Freshman of the Year, Republican" in 2014 by Tom Humphrey, the Nashville Bureau Chief and primary political correspondent for the Knoxville News Sentinel.[7][8] In January 2013 he was one of the first recipients of the American Conservative Union's Tennessee House “ACU Conservative” award.[9] As part of the Williamson County legislative delegation, he was awarded the 2015 ACU Award For Conservative Excellence, its highest award.[10][11]

Controversies

In January 2016, Durham was accused of sexually harassing three women who worked at the legislature by text message. When speaking to the media about the allegations, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate Ron Ramsey said, "Obviously, we don't want the press lynching anybody. But the press didn't force anyone to send text messages after midnight asking for pictures."[12] Durham resigned as House Majority Whip on January 24, 2016.[13] On January 27 House Speaker Beth Harwell said she agreed with Ramsey that Durham should be expelled from the state legislature.[14] The Tennessee Attorney General is currently investigating the allegations.[15][16] Durham has said that he did not remember sending the texts. He told the Republican Caucus that he would seek "help", then clarified to the Williamson Herald, a newspaper in his district, that he meant he would speak to his doctor about finding ways to manage stress.[14] Meanwhile, his office has been moved out of the Tennessee State House and restrictions have been placed on his access to state facilities. On April 1, 2016 Durham announced he was running for re-election.[17]

Jeremy Durham wrote to a federal judge in 2014 seeking a more lenient sentence for a youth pastor convicted of possessing child pornography, a move a leading Republican lawmaker Friday called "poor judgment." [18]

Personal life

Durham works as a small business attorney in Franklin, Tennessee.[1][3] He is married to Dr Jessica Durham, an optometrist.[1][2] They reside in Franklin, Tennessee.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Ramsey added, "The press didn't force somebody to have an affair with another state rep and force them to resign." Media speculation concluded that Ramsey was insinuating the other state rep was Leigh Wilburn, who resigned in 2015. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Jeremy_Durham&oldid=718798932"