Pat Marsh
{{Short description|American politician (born 1949)}}
{{for|the British ice hockey administrator|Pat Marsh (ice hockey)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pat Marsh
| office = Speaker pro tempore of the Tennessee House of Representatives
| term_start = January 12, 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = Bill Dunn
| successor =
| state_house1 = Tennessee
| district1 = 62nd
| term_start1 = October 13, 2009
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Curt Cobb
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|1|6}}
| birth_place = Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| education = University of Tennessee {{small|(BA)}}
| website = {{URL|marshfortennessee.com|Campaign website}}
| image =
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Pat Marsh{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/116508 |title= Pat Marsh's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |access-date= March 17, 2014}} (born January 6, 1949, in Fayetteville, Tennessee) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 62 since winning the special election on October 13, 2009, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative Curt Cobb.{{cite web |url=http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h62.html |title=Rep. Pat Marsh |publisher=Tennessee General Assembly |location=Nashville, Tennessee |accessdate=March 17, 2014}}
In 2023, Marsh supported a resolution to expel three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-democrats-office-removal-voteindex.html|title=Tennessee's Republican-led House expels 2 Democratic lawmakers over gun reform protest, fails in bid to oust a third|last1=Andone|first1=Dakin|last2=Young|first2=Ryan|last3=Simonson|first3=Amy|last4=Almasy|first4=Steve|website=CNN|language=en|access-date=2023-04-07}}
Education
Marsh earned his BS in business and transportation from the University of Tennessee.
Elections
- 2012 Marsh was unopposed for both the August 2, 2012, Republican Primary, winning with 3,008 votes,{{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= 175 |access-date= March 17, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183820/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-08/RepPrimaryPrecinctTotals.pdf |archive-date= March 13, 2014 }} and the November 6, 2012, General election, winning with 15,423 votes.{{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= 65 |access-date= March 17, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183815/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/TNHousePrecinctTotals.pdf |archive-date= March 13, 2014 }}
- 2009 In the District 62 special election to succeed Democratic Representative Curt Cobb, March ran in the four-way August 27, 2009, Republican Primary, winning with 1,826 votes (69.7%),{{cite web |url= http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2009-08/tn62.pdf |title= State of Tennessee August 27, 2009 Republican Primary |publisher= Tennessee Secretary of State |location= Nashville, Tennessee |access-date= March 17, 2014}} and won the three-way October 13, 2009, General election with 4,931 votes (55.7%) against Democratic nominee Ty Cobb and Independent candidate Christopher Brown.{{cite web |url= http://state.tn.us/sos/election/results/2009-10/GenTH62.pdf |title= State of Tennessee October 13, 2009 General Special Election |publisher= Tennessee Secretary of State |location= Nashville, Tennessee |access-date= March 17, 2014}}
- 2010 Marsh was challenged in the August 5, 2010, Republican Primary, winning with 6,087 votes (87.3%),{{cite web |url= http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-08/RepTNHousePrecinct.pdf |title= State of Tennessee August 5, 2010 Republican Primary |publisher= Tennessee Secretary of State |location= Nashville, Tennessee |page= 47 |access-date= March 17, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140314000509/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-08/RepTNHousePrecinct.pdf |archive-date= March 14, 2014 |url-status= dead }} and won the November 2, 2010, General election with 11,931 votes (74.8%) against Democratic nominee Jenny Hunt.{{cite web |url= http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-11/TNHPrecinct.pdf |title= State of Tennessee November 2, 2010 State General |publisher= Tennessee Secretary of State |location= Nashville, Tennessee |page= 50 |access-date= March 17, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223338/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-11/TNHPrecinct.pdf |archive-date= March 13, 2014 |url-status= dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h62.html Official page] at the Tennessee General Assembly
- [http://marshfortennessee.com/ Campaign site]
- {{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 116508 | fec = | congress = }}
- [http://ballotpedia.org/Pat_Marsh Pat Marsh] at Ballotpedia
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=143665 Pat Marsh] at OpenSecrets
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Category:Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Category:People from Fayetteville, Tennessee
Category:People from Shelbyville, Tennessee
Category:University of Tennessee alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly