Mike Sparks

American politician
Mike Sparks
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 49th[1] district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2011
Preceded byKent Coleman
Personal details
Born (1967-01-11) January 11, 1967 (age 57)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Felicia Sparks
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(m. 1990)​
Children2
ResidenceSmyrna, Tennessee
Alma materMiddle Tennessee State University
Websitevotemikesparks.com

Mike Sparks[2] (born January 11, 1967) is an American politician. A Republican, he represents District 49 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Career

Sparks was a county commissioner for Rutherford County, Tennessee from 2002 until 2010, and served on the Smyrna Municipal Planning Committee from 2001 to 2010.[3]

His former auto business, MidTnAUTOS.com, was reported by the Business Journal to be the first 'dot com' car business in Tennessee to use a domain name as its official company name.[4]

Sparks has self-published three books: Learn The Car Business for Fun & Profit, Learn to Barter & 21 Ways to Increase Your Income and How to Do More with Less During Tough Times.[5]

Prompted, in part, by the Rutherford County, Tennessee juvenile arrest and incarceration scandal, in January 2023, he introduced House Bill 720[6] to the Tennessee General Assembly, proposing amendments to protect juveniles from interrogation in the absence of a guardian.[7]

Personal life

Sparks is married to his wife Felicia of 34 years and they have two sons. Sparks is a graduate of Smyrna High School, attended Thurman Francis School, Smyrna Middle School, Smyrna West, and David Youree Elementary. His mother was from Edinburgh, Scotland and is father was from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Sparks' late father was stationed at Sewart Air Force Base which is now Smyrna Airport.

References

  1. ^ "Rep. Mike Sparks". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Mike Sparks' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Mike Sparks earns endorsement from Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association" Murfreesboro Voice, October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "'I was on to something'" J. Holly Dolloff, Nashville Business Journal, April 3, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "How to Do More with Less During Tough Times" Michael J. Sparks, Createspace, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "HB 0720 by Sparks" Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Legislation aims at averting excessive jailing of juveniles" Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout, January 18, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

External links

  • Official page at the Tennessee General Assembly
  • Campaign site
  • Profile at Vote Smart
  • Mike Sparks at Ballotpedia
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113th General Assembly (2023–2025)
Speaker of the House
Cameron Sexton (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Pat Marsh (R)
Deputy Speaker
Curtis Johnson (R)
Majority Leader
William Lamberth (R)
Minority Leader
Karen Camper (D)
  1. ▌John Crawford (R)
  2. ▌Bud Hulsey (R)
  3. ▌Timothy Hill (R)
  4. ▌John Holsclaw Jr. (R)
  5. ▌David Hawk (R)
  6. ▌Tim Hicks (R)
  7. ▌Rebecca Alexander (R)
  8. ▌Jerome Moon (R)
  9. ▌Gary W. Hicks (R)
  10. ▌Rick Eldridge (R)
  11. ▌Jeremy Faison (R)
  12. ▌Dale Carr (R)
  13. ▌Robert Stevens (R)
  14. ▌Jason Zachary (R)
  15. ▌Sam McKenzie (D)
  16. ▌Michele Carringer (R)
  17. ▌Andrew Farmer (R)
  18. ▌Elaine Davis (R)
  19. ▌Dave Wright (R)
  20. ▌Bryan Richey (R)
  21. ▌Lowell Russell (R)
  22. ▌Dan Howell (R)
  23. ▌Mark Cochran (R)
  24. ▌Kevin Raper (R)
  25. ▌Cameron Sexton (R)
  26. ▌Greg Martin (R)
  27. ▌Patsy Hazlewood (R)
  28. ▌Yusuf Hakeem (D)
  29. ▌Greg Vital (R)
  30. ▌Esther Helton (R)
  31. ▌Ron Travis (R)
  32. ▌Monty Fritts (R)
  33. ▌John Ragan (R)
  34. ▌Tim Rudd (R)
  35. ▌William Slater (R)
  36. ▌Dennis Powers (R)
  37. ▌Charlie Baum (R)
  38. ▌Kelly Keisling (R)
  39. ▌Iris Rudder (R)
  40. ▌Michael Hale (R)
  41. ▌Ed Butler (R)
  42. ▌Ryan Williams (R)
  43. ▌Paul Sherrell (R)
  44. ▌William Lamberth (R)
  45. ▌Johnny Garrett (R)
  46. ▌Clark Boyd (R)
  47. ▌Rush Bricken (R)
  48. ▌Bryan Terry (R)
  49. ▌Mike Sparks (R)
  50. ▌Bo Mitchell (D)
  51. ▌Aftyn Behn (D)
  52. ▌Justin Jones (D)
  53. ▌Jason Powell (D)
  54. ▌Vincent B. Dixie (D)
  55. ▌John Ray Clemmons (D)
  56. ▌Bob Freeman (D)
  57. ▌Susan Lynn (R)
  58. ▌Harold Love Jr. (D)
  59. ▌Caleb Hemmer (D)
  60. ▌Darren Jernigan (D)
  61. ▌Gino Bulso (R)
  62. ▌Pat Marsh (R)
  63. ▌Jake McCalmon (R)
  64. ▌Scott Cepicky (R)
  65. ▌Sam Whitson (R)
  66. ▌Sabi Kumar (R)
  67. ▌Ronnie Glynn (D)
  68. ▌Curtis Johnson (R)
  69. ▌Jody Barrett (R)
  70. ▌Clay Doggett (R)
  71. ▌Kip Capley (R)
  72. ▌Kirk Haston (R)
  73. ▌Chris Todd (R)
  74. ▌Jay Reedy (R)
  75. ▌Jeff Burkhart (R)
  76. ▌Tandy Darby (R)
  77. ▌Rusty Grills (R)
  78. ▌Mary Littleton (R)
  79. ▌Brock Martin (R)
  80. ▌Johnny Shaw (D)
  81. ▌Debra Moody (R)
  82. ▌Chris Hurt (R)
  83. ▌Mark White (R)
  84. ▌Joe Towns (D)
  85. ▌Jesse Chism (D)
  86. ▌Justin Pearson (D)
  87. ▌Karen Camper (D)
  88. ▌Larry Miller (D)
  89. ▌Justin Lafferty (R)
  90. ▌Gloria Johnson (D)
  91. ▌Torrey Harris (D)
  92. ▌Todd Warner (R)
  93. ▌G. A. Hardaway (D)
  94. ▌Ron Gant (R)
  95. ▌Kevin Vaughan (R)
  96. ▌Dwayne Thompson (D)
  97. ▌John Gillespie (R)
  98. ▌Antonio Parkinson (D)
  99. ▌Tom Leatherwood (R)


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