Kathryn I. Bowers

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Kathryn I. Bowers is a Tennessee politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 33rd district, which is composed of part of Shelby County. Before being elected as a state senator to the 104th General Assembly, she had served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 99th through 103rd General Assemblies. During the 103rd General Assembly, she had been the House Majority Whip.

She was sworn in on May 3, 2005, replacing Senator Sidney Chism, who had been elected ot the post on an interim basis by the Shelby County Commission as a replacement for Roscoe Dixon, who resigned on January 13 that year. She serves on the Senate Government Operations Committee, on the Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee, on the Senate Environment and Conservation Committee, and on the Joint Tenncare Oversight Committee. In 2005, she was indicted on charges of corruption as a result of Operation Tennessee Waltz.

Kathryn Bowers obtained an associate's degree from Griggs Business College in 1962 and attended the Memphis State University School of Journalism from 1970 to 1972. She works as a contractor business consultant and is also a state director for Women in Government.

According to a September 1, 2006 story in The Commercial Appeal, Bowers was arrested for suspicion of DUI in Memphis the day before. She had previously announced abandonment of her re-election campaign due to "health reasons", even though she had secured the nomination of the Democratic Party on August 3 for another term [1].