Tim Rudd (born November 30, 1960) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to 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 ...

in 2016, representing District 34. In 2023, Rudd supported a resolution to expel three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.

2018 House election

The results for the District 34 House election were:

Early life and pre-politics career

Tim Rudd attended Smyrna High School and

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 ...

. Rudd worked in the real estate business with Coldwell Banker Snow & Law beginning in 1998. Rudd has lived in

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for 45 years.

Religious freedom controversy

Rudd was the sponsor of HB-0836. The measure permits adoption and foster care agencies funded by taxpayers to refuse service to LGBT people based upon "religious beliefs or moral convictions."

Committees

Rudd was a member of the Insurance and Banking and State Government Committees and the Insurance and Banking Subcommittee. He is a member of the Insurance and Local Committees and the Property and Casualty Subcommittee. He chairs the Elections and Campaign Finance Subcommittee.

Legislative initiatives

Rudd has advocated for bills such as; the protection of the unborn, retaining traditional gender labels, better supervising child sexual predators, freedom of speech through signs on personal property, protection of the

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education financial assistance, Middle College scholarships, reducing the size of government,

worker's compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...

reform and educator assistance bills. On June 9, 2020, Rudd voted as a member of the House Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee against removal of a bust honoring

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Grand Wizard

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from the Tennessee State Capitol building.

Beliefs and values

Rudd is a

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. He is a conservative. Rudd supports the rights of the unborn and is an opponent of abortion for any reason. He opposes

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

, claiming that traditional marriage forms the backbone for families, making stable society.

References

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