Bud Hulsey
{{Short description|American politician (born 1949)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bud Hulsey
| image = File:Tennessee State Representative Bud Hulsey (cropped).jpg
| caption = Representative Bud Hulsey
| state_house = Tennessee
| district = 2nd
| term_start = January 13, 2015
| term_end =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|5|30}}
| party = Republican
| residence = Kingsport, Tennessee
| preceded = Tony Shipley
| succeeded = Incumbent
| alma_mater = Bob Jones University, B.A.
| birth_name = Charles Nolan Hulsey
}}
Charles Nolan "Bud" Hulsey (born May 30, 1949) is an American politician. A Republican, he represents the 2nd District in Sullivan County in the Tennessee House of Representatives .{{cite web|url=http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h2.html|title=Representatives - TN General Assembly}}
Early life
Bud Hulsey was born on May 30, 1949, and he attended Durango High School as a Durango Demon from 1964 to his 1967 graduation. Hulsey later attended Bob Jones University at Greenville, South Carolina from 1967 to 1972 where was a member of the "Byran" (William Jennings Bryan Literary Society at Bob Jones University) men's society and where he also obtained his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in education.
Career
Bud Hulsey is a retired Kingsport Police lieutenant with post graduate work at the University of Virginia via the FBI National Academy.
He is the owner and President of Burlington Logistics, Inc., a trucking company located in the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee.{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtoninc.com/about-us/|title=Burlington Logistics, Inc. - About Us}}
Hulsey was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives as a member of the 109th General Assembly in 2014 after defeating three-term incumbent Tony Shipley{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Bud_Hulsey|title=Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia}} in the Republican primary and Independent J.R. Enfield in the general election. He was again elected to serve in the 110th General Assembly in 2016 after a victory over Democratic challenger J.S. Moore.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bud_Hulsey|title=Bud Hulsey - Ballotpedia}} On November 6, 2018, Hulsey was re-elected to serve in the 111th General Assembly after defeating Democratic challenger Arvil Love, Jr. and Independent challenger Robert Ellis in the General Election. The second district proved its loyalty to Hulsey yet again on November{{nbsp}}3, 2020, when they overwhelmingly supported him against repeat challenger Arvil Love, Jr. in the general election. He has since been re-elected uncontested.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he proposed legislation to prohibit mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.{{Cite web|last=Yu|first=Yue Stella|title=Tennessee bill allowing religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines advances in Senate|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/31/covid-19-vaccination-religious-exemptions-during-public-health-crisis-advance-senate/4825721001/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=The Tennessean|language=en-US}}
In 2023, the Tennessee House voted on motions to remove three sitting Democratic representatives {{emdash}} Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin J. Pearson {{emdash}} for disrupting proceedings with a protest as citizens were at the capitol voicing their outrage over a mass shooting at a Nashville school that left six dead.{{Cite web |title=Tennessee GOP file resolutions to expel three Democrats who led gun reform chants on House floor |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/03/tennessee-republicans-file-resolutions-to-expel-three-democrats-who-led-gun-reform-chants-on-house-f/70078002007/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}} Hulsey voted in favor of all three resolutions: HR{{nbsp}}63, to remove Pearson;{{cite web |title=HR0063 |url=https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HR0063&GA=113 |publisher=Tennessee General Assembly |access-date=6 April 2023}} HR{{nbsp}}64, to remove Johnson;{{cite web |title=HR0064 |url=https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HR0064&GA=113 |publisher=Tennessee General Assembly |access-date=6 April 2023}} and HR{{nbsp}}65, to remove Jones.{{cite web |title=HR0065 |url=https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HR0065&GA=113 |publisher=Tennessee General Assembly |access-date=6 April 2023}} Pearson and Jones were expelled, while Johnson was not.{{cite news |last1=Kruesi |first1=Kimberly |last2=Mattise |first2=Jonathan |title=Tennessee's House expels 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest |url=https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-lawmakers-expulsion-d3f40559c56a051eec49e416a7b5dade |work=Associated Press News |date=6 April 2023}}
In 2024, Hulsey proposed to ban lab-grown meat. He argued that exposing humans to lab-grown meat was a violation of the Nuremberg Code (a set of ethical research principles for human experimentation established in the wake of Nazi experiments on humans).{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Moves to ban lab-grown meat intensify in Republican US states |url=https://www.ft.com/content/afb4be5d-e363-4ef7-b509-2a4c909144ca |website=Financial Times}}
=Elections=
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|title= Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2014}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bud Hulsey
|votes = 12,249
|percentage = 84.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent (United States)
|candidate = J.R. Enfield
|votes = 2,302
|percentage = 15.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title= Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2016}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bud Hulsey
|votes = 20,334
|percentage = 80.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = J.S. Moore
|votes = 4,940
|percentage = 19.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title= Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2018}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bud Hulsey
|votes = 17,444
|percentage = 75.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Arvil Love, Jr.
|votes = 4,966
|percentage = 21.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent Party (United States)
|candidate = Robert Ellis
|votes = 572
|percentage = 2.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title= Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2020}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bud Hulsey
|votes = 23,278
|percentage = 77.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Arvil Love, Jr.
|votes = 6,902
|percentage = 22.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title= Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2022}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bud Hulsey
|votes = 15,359
|percentage = 99.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Other (United States)
|candidate = Write-in
|votes = 63
|percentage = 0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title= Tennessee House of Representatives, 2nd Representative District, 2024}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bud Hulsey
|votes = 26,619
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Committee assignments=
Hulsey serves in the 114th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Appropriations and Oversight Committee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee
- Member, Private Acts Committee
- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Hulsey served in the 113th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Criminal Justice Committee
- Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Subcommittee
- Member, Calendars and Rules Committee*Member
Hulsey served in the 112th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Corrections Subcommittee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Subcommittee
- Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Member, State Government Committee
Hulsey served in the 111th General Assembly as:
- Chair, Corrections Subcommittee
- Member, State Committee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Committee
- Member, Agriculture and National Resources Subcommittee
- Member, Judiciary Committee
- Member, Public Safety Committee of Extraordinary Session II
Hulsey served in the 110th General Assembly as:
- Vice-chair, House State Government Committee
- Member, House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
- Member, House State Government Committee
Hulsey served in the 109th General Assembly as:
=Other=
- In July 2014, Hulsey lost his campaign chair, former Tennessee State Representative Michael Locke, in a hit and run incident by a drunk driver.{{cite web|url=http://www.timesnews.net/News/2014/06/24/Kingsport-businessman-Michael-K-Locke-killed-in-hit-and-run-incident|title=Kingsport businessman Michael K. Locke killed in hit-and-run incident|date=23 June 2014 }}
References
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