Dewey "Rusty" Crowe (born April 2, 1947), is an American politician in the state of

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. He is member of the

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representing the 3rd district, which encompasses Washington County,

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and Carter County. Crowe also serves as vice president of Shared Health Services in

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and he is also President of Product Specialty Corporation of

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020 Uni ...

. Crowe was previously employed by

East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is a public research university in Johnson City, Tennessee. It was historically part of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee under the Tennessee Board of Regents, but since 2016, ...

from 1980 to 2003, last working with ETSU as an assistant dean in the continuing studies department. In February 2020, Crowe announced that he was running for

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in the 2020 election. Crowe placed 3rd in the contest with approximately 16% of the vote.

Early career

Born in

, Crowe obtained a

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from

and a

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from Atlanta Law School. From 1967 to 1971, he served in the U.S. Army Security Agency intercepting Morse Code from the enemy in

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. According to

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, he supports the displaying of the

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in public schools, the use of the

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in s ...

in Tennessee, allowing citizens to carry concealed guns, and tightening eligibility requirements for TennCare. Crowe owns two patents: U.S. Patents 5,601,605 (February 11, 1997) for an infant pacifier - fluid administering unit and 5,772,685 (June 30, 1998) for an infant pacifier-fluid administering unit.

State Government

Crowe was first elected in 1990 to the 97th

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as a write-in Democratic candidate, but switched to the Republican Party in 1996. Crowe serves as the chair of the General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee, serves as a member of the Senate Education Committee, Select Oversight Committee on Education, Government Operations Committee, and as chair of the Joint Select Committee on Veterans Affairs.

References

External links

Rusty Crowe's profile at the Tennessee General AssemblyRusty Crowe's entry at Project Vote SmartPublicIntegrity.orgRusty Crowe's Ballotpedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowe, Rusty 1947 births East Tennessee State University alumni East Tennessee State University faculty Living people Republican Party Tennessee state senators 21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly Candidates in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections