Charlie Baum (born December13, 1972) is an American politician and a Republican member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

, representing District37 (

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) since November6, 2018. Baum is also a professor of

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a Public university, public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as ...

. In 2023, Baum was the only Republican to vote against three resolutions to expel three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The two successful expulsions were widely characterized as unprecedented. Baum told the ''Tennessean'' he wanted to keep working with the three lawmakers to "become more effective legislators" and said that "the vast majority of my constituents'didn't want these representatives expelled".

Background

Education

Baum attended

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

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, North Carolina where he earned his B.A. in economics in 1995. Baum then attended the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1999.

Teaching career

Baum currently teaches economics at

in Murfreesboro. He has taught at MTSU since August 1999.

Personal life

Baum was raised in

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. He is married to his wife Kelly and they have 3 children: Elizabeth, Anna Jane, and Charles. Baum and his family are active members of the First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro.

Electoral history

2018 election

Primary election results

The District 37 Republican Primary Election took place on August 2, 2018.

General election results

The District 37 General Election took place on November 6, 2018.

2022 election

Republican Primary

General election

Current legislative committees

Community involvement

Volunteer work

Baum was a board member for 4 years at the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties from 2013–2017. He was a board member at the

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of Rutherford County for 5 years from 2012–2017. He was a county commissioner at the Rutherford County Commission for 8 years from 2010–2018. He was a board member on the

City School Foundation for 6 years from 2013–2019. He is currently a board member on the Linebaugh Library Foundation Board, where he has served since 2015. Baum is currently a board member at Oaklands Historic Mansion, where he has served since 2016.

Organizations

Baum has been a part of the American Academy of Economics and Financial Experts (AAEFE) since 2015. He has been a part of National Association of Forensic Economists since January 2013.

Published work

Baum published "Calculating Economic Losses from Wrongful Incarceration" in the '' Tennessee Bar Journal'' in July 2016. Baum published "Employee Tenure and Economic Losses in Wrongful Termination Cases" in the ''Journal of Forensic Economics'' in 2013.

Honors and awards

In 1988, Baum became an

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, as a part of the

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. From 2008–2014, Baum served as a chair in the Department of Economics and Finance at MTSU.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baum, Charlie 1972 births Living people Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Wake Forest University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Middle Tennessee State University faculty 21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly