Curry Todd

Curry Todd was born on December 31, 1947, in Juno, Tennessee. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis.

He also served as state chairman and was a member of the board of directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a national association of legislators.{{cite web |title=Leadership {{!}} American Legislative Exchange Council |url=https://www.alec.org/about/leadership/ |accessdate=April 17, 2012 |publisher=American Legislative Exchange Council |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20161025175106/https://www.alec.org/about/leadership/ |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |language=en-US |url-status=usurped}} He worked as a police officer in Memphis.The Associated Press, 'Tennessee Rep. Curry Todd offers apology after drunken driving arrest', in Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 18, 2011 [http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/18/todd-offers-apology/]

He is divorcedJackson Baker, 'Curry Todd's Complicated Legacy, As of Now', in Memphis Flyer, October 13th, 2011 [http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2011/10/13/curry-todds-complicated-legacy-as-of-now] with one child. He is a Baptist.

In 2010, he compared pregnant illegal immigrants to reproducing rats. He later apologized.{{cite news |author1=Les Smith |title=Who is State Rep Curry Todd? |url=http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/10pm/111610-who-is-state-rep-curry-todd%3F |work=My Fox Memphis |date=November 16, 2010 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101204044111/http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/10pm/111610-who-is-state-rep-curry-todd%3F |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |language=en-us}}

In October 2011, Todd was arrested with a DUI.{{cite news |author1=Andy Sher |title=Rep. Curry Todd, guns-in-bars law sponsor, faces DUI |url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/13/guns-in-bars-law-sponsor-faces-dui/ |work=Chattanooga Times Free Press |date=October 13, 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111014060933/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/13/guns-in-bars-law-sponsor-faces-dui/ |archive-date=October 14, 2011 |language=en}}{{cite news |author1=David Lohr |title=Curry Todd: Tennessee Lawmaker's Arrest Warrant |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/curry-todd-arrest-warrant_n_1009243.html |work=Huffington Post |date=October 13, 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111015200817/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/curry-todd-arrest-warrant_n_1009243.html |archive-date=October 15, 2011 |language=en-US}}The Associated Press, 'Rep. Curry Todd returns to legislature after arrest', in The Tennessean, Oct. 20, 2011 [http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111020/NEWS/310200032/Rep-Curry-Todd-returns-legislature-after-arrest]{{Dead link|date=May 2024|fix-attempted=yes}} He apologized to Gov. Bill Haslam. A few days later, he resigned from his chairmanship of the State and Local Government Committee.The Associated Press, 'DUI Arrest: Tenn. Rep. Resigns Committee Post', in The New York Times, October 17, 2011 [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/10/17/us/AP-US-Lawmaker-Gun-Arrest.html]{{Dead link|date=May 2024|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite news |author1=Erik Schelzig |title=Curry Todd, Controversial Tennessee State Lawmaker, Resigns Committee Post After DUI Arrest |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/curry-todd-dui-resignation_n_1017260.html |work=Huffington Post |date=October 17, 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111020125958/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/curry-todd-dui-resignation_n_1017260.html |archive-date=October 20, 2011 |language=en-us}} Chip Forrester, the Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, called for his resignation.

He pled guilty to DUI and possessing a loaded firearm. He was sentenced to 48 hours in jail, one year of probation, fined, given community service, alcohol training, an alcohol car locking device and ordered to participate in MADD treatments.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Curry_Todd|title=Curry Todd}}{{cite news |last=Bailey |first=Clay |date=August 2, 2016 |title=Tennessee Rep. Curry Todd charged with theft of campaign signs |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/02/tennessee-representative-curry-todd-charged-theft-campaign-signs/87964934/ }}

In 2016, Todd was arrested for stealing campaign signs supporting his opponent, Mark Lovell. Lovell posted Todd's $100 bond.{{Cite web|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/politics/elections/incumbent-curry-todd-charged-with-theft-of-opponents-campaign-signs-391c0322-f6d4-2fda-e053-0100007f-388974641.html|title = Todd arrested for stealing Lovell's signs, but Lovell bails him out of jail}}

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