Dawn White
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dawn White
| image =
| state_senate = Tennessee
| district = 13th
| term_start = January 8, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = Bill Ketron
| successor =
| state_house1 = Tennessee
| district1 = 37th
| term_start1 = January 8, 2013
| term_end1 = January 8, 2019
| predecessor1 = Bill Harmon
| successor1 = Charlie Baum
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|22}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| party = Republican
| spouse =
| children =
| residence = Murfreesboro, Tennessee
| alma_mater = Middle Tennessee State University
| profession =
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| website = {{URL|votedawn.com}}
}}
Dawn White{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138657 |title= Dawn White's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= March 13, 2014}} (born October 22, 1975) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 13th district. She was formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 37.{{cite web |url= http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h37.html |title= Rep. Dawn White |publisher= Tennessee General Assembly |location= Nashville, Tennessee |accessdate= March 13, 2014}} White was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2018, filling the seat vacated by Bill Ketron.{{cite web |url= http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s13.html |title= Senator Dawn White |publisher= Tennessee General Assembly |location= Nashville, Tennessee |accessdate= December 17, 2018}}
Education
White earned her BS in early childhood education and her MEd from Middle Tennessee State University.
Elections
- 2012 When District 37 Democratic Representative Bill Harmon retired and left the seat open, White won the August 2, 2012 Republican Primary with 3,035 votes (73.2%){{cite web |url= http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-08/RepPrimaryPrecinctTotals.pdf |title= State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Republican Primary |publisher= Tennessee Secretary of State |location= Nashville, Tennessee |page= 155 |accessdate= March 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183820/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-08/RepPrimaryPrecinctTotals.pdf |archive-date= March 13, 2014 |url-status= dead }} and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 14,175 votes (63.2%) against Democratic nominee Robert New.{{cite web |url= http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/TNHousePrecinctTotals.pdf |title= State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election |publisher= Tennessee Secretary of State |location= Nashville, Tennessee |page= 37 |accessdate= March 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183815/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/TNHousePrecinctTotals.pdf |archive-date= March 13, 2014 |url-status= dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h37.html Official page] at the Tennessee General Assembly
- [http://votedawn.com/ Campaign site]
- {{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 138657 | fec = | congress = }}
- [http://ballotpedia.org/Dawn_White Dawn White] at Ballotpedia
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1413327 Dawn White] at OpenSecrets
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Category:Middle Tennessee State University alumni
Category:People from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Category:Women state legislators in Tennessee
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly
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