B. Rush Bricken (born August 4, 1951) is an American banker and politician from the state of

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. A Republican, Bricken has represented the 47th district of the

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, based in Tullahoma and McMinnville, since 2019.

Early life

Bricken was born in 1951, and was one of five children. He received a BS from

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in 1973 and later, while working in banking, an

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from the

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Owen School of Management.

Career

Bricken has spent most of his career as a banker, also working as a CPA in the 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, he has been the CEO of Coffee County Bank in

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. He has also served as a Coffee County Commissioner since 1988. In 2017, Bricken announced he would run for the 47th district of the

, which was left open after incumbent Judd Matheny announced his campaign for

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. Bricken narrowly won the Republican primary election over Ronnie Holden and proceeded to win the general election in a landslide over

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Mike Winton. He was sworn in on January 8, 2019. In 2023, Bricken supported a resolution to expel two of three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. He voted to expel the two young black men, but not the one white woman. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.

Personal life

Bricken lives in Tullahoma with his wife, Belinda; they have four children and four grandchildren.

References

Living people Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly 1951 births Auburn University alumni Vanderbilt University alumni People from Tullahoma, Tennessee {{Tennessee-politician-stub