Mae Beavers (born December 11, 1947 in Millport, Alabama) is a Tennessee Republican politician and a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 17th district, which is composed of Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, and Wilson counties, as well as part of Sumner County. She has served as a state senator since the 103rd General Assembly, and as a state representative in the 99th through the 102nd General Assemblies.
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Mae Beavers has represented the citizens on the Wilson County Commission (1990-1994), in the State House of Representatives (1994-2002), and in the State Senate (2002-present). Ron Ramsey credited her first election to the State Senate as the beginning of the conversion of the suburbs of Nashville from Democratic allegiance to Republican allegiance.[1] Former Democratic state senator Robert Rochelle ran against Beavers in the 2006 state elections and lost. Beavers is currently serving her third term in the State Senate.
Beavers is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee. She is also the Treasurer of the Senate Republican Caucus. She was the Republican Assistant Floor Leader during the 103rd General Assembly, and the House Republican Caucus Secretary in the 100th through the 102nd General Assemblies.
Beavers also leads the Wilson County Conservatives.[2]
Beavers is "solidly" pro-life, a pro-Second Amendment activist, a supporter of lower government spending and the abolition of state income taxation, and a proponent of tougher laws and measures against illegal immigrants.[3] Beavers strongly opposed the 2010 health care reform legislation proposals, sponsoring instead the Tennessee Health Freedom Act in order to protect "a citizen’s right to participate, or not participate, in any healthcare system".[4][5]
Beavers graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Trevecca Nazarene University and works as an investment broker. She is a mother and grandmother, living north of Mt. Juliet with her husband. Beavers is a member of the National Rifle Association and a lifetime member of the Tennessee Firearms Association.
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Member of the Tennessee Senate from District 17 2002–present |
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