Esther Helton-Haynes (born November 6, 1961) 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 District 30 since November 6, 2018. Helton-Haynes represents District 30 In

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

which includes; East Ridge,

East Brainerd East Brainerd is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 14,132 at the 2000 census and was not recorded at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattano ...

, Apison, and Collegedale. In 2023, Helton-Haynes supported a resolution to expel three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.

Background

Helton-Haynes was born in

East Ridge, Tennessee East Ridge is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 22,167. East Ridge is bordered by Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga to the west, north, and east, and ...

in 1961. Helton-Haynes had a medical background prior to politics, serving as a nurse for 35 years.

Education

Helton-Haynes attended and received her degree from

Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga State Community College (informally, Chatt State) is a public community college in Chattanooga, Tennessee."Chattanooga State Community College." Educating Tennessee. Tennessee Board of Regents. http://www.tbr.edu/schools/default.asp ...

for

Practical Nursing A licensed practical nurse (LPN), in much of the United States and Canada, is a nurse who provides direct nursing care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled. In the United States, LPNs work under the direction of physician ...

in 1981.

2018 Election

The following are the results for the 2018 District 30 Election.

Current Legislative Committees

Helton-Haynes currently serves as the Vice-chair for the Health Committee and is a member of the Facilities, Li-censure, and Regulation Subcommittee, Property and Planning Subcommittee, and the Local Committee.

Current Caucus/Non-Legislative Committees

Helton-Haynes is a current member of the

Health and Local Committees.

Civic Memberships

Member of Elks Lodge 91 East Brainerd

Religion

Helton-Haynes is a

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

who is active in worship a
Grace Works Church

References

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