Mark Norris (U.S. politician)

Mark Norris

Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 32nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2001
Preceded by	Tom Leatherwood

Personal details
Born	(1955-07-09) July 9, 1955 Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Colorado College B.A. Sturm College of Law J.D.

Mark Norris (born July 9, 1955 in Akron, Ohio) is currently special counsel in the Memphis office of Adams and Reese LLP and the Senate Majority Leader of the Tennessee General Assembly.

Education

He received his Bachelor of Arts from Colorado College, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.^[1]

Tennessee State Senate

He was first elected to represent District 32 in the Tennessee Senate in 2000. The District is composed of Dyer, Lauderdale, and Tipton counties, and the eastern and northeastern portion of Shelby County. He has served as Majority Leader since 2007. He previously served on the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.^[1] He is based in Collierville, Tennessee.

He was elected the State Senate Majority Leader in 2007.^[1]

Nomination to district court

On July 13, 2017, President Trump nominated Norris to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, to the seat vacated by Judge J. Daniel Breen, who took senior status on March 18, 2017. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[2]

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Tennessee Senate
Preceded by Tom Leatherwood	Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 32nd district 2001–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Ron Ramsey	Tennessee Senate Republican Leader 2007–present	Incumbent

Current Senate Majority Leaders of the United States
United States Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
AL Greg Reed (R) AK John Coghill (R) AZ Steve Yarbrough (R) AR Jim Hendren (R) CA Bill Monning (D) CO Chris Holbert (R) CT Bob Duff (D) DE Margaret Rose Henry (D) FL Wilton Simpson (R) GA Bill Cowsert (R) HI J. Kalani English (D) ID Bart Davis (R) IL James Clayborne Jr. (D) IN Brandt Hershman (R) IA Bill Dix (R) KS Jim Denning (R) KY Damon Thayer (R) LA Danny Martiny (R) ME Garrett Mason (R) MD Katherine A. Klausmeier (D) MA Harriette L. Chandler (D) MI Arlan Meekhof (R) MN Paul Gazelka (R) MS Terry C. Burton (R) MO Mike Kehoe (R) MT Fred Thomas (R) NE Jim Scheer (I) NV Aaron D. Ford (D) NH Jeb Bradley (R) NJ Loretta Weinberg (D) NM Michael Sanchez (D) NY John J. Flanagan (R) NC Harry Brown (R) ND Rich Wardner (R) OH Randy Gardner (R) OK Greg Treat (R) OR Diane Rosenbaum (D) PA Jake Corman (R) RI Dominick J. Ruggerio (D) SC A. Shane Massey (R) SD Blake Curd (R) TN Mark Norris (R) TX Dan Patrick (R) UT Ralph Okerlund (R) VT Philip Baruth (D) VA Tommy Norment (R) WA Mark Schoesler (R) WV Ryan Ferns (R) WI Scott L. Fitzgerald (R) WY Drew Perkins (R) DC Phil Mendelson (D)
italics indicate no majority leader, closest equivalent is shown

Members of the Tennessee State Senate
110th General Assembly (2017–2019) Speaker of the Senate: Randy McNally (R) Speaker pro Tempore: Jim Tracy (R) Majority Leader: Mark Norris (R) Minority Leader: Lee Harris (D)
Steve Southerland (R) Doug Overbey (R) Rusty Crowe (R) Jon Lundberg (R) Randy McNally (R) Becky Duncan Massey (R) Richard Briggs (R) Frank S. Niceley (R) Mike Bell (R) Todd Gardenhire (R) Bo Watson (R) Ken Yager (R) Bill Ketron (R) Jim Tracy (R) Paul Bailey (R) Janice Bowling (R) Mae Beavers (R) Ferrell Haile (R) Thelma Harper (D) Steven Dickerson (R) Jeff Yarbro (D) Mark Green (R) Jack Johnson (R) John Stevens (R) Kerry Roberts (R) Dolores Gresham (R) Ed Jackson (R) Joey Hensley (R) Lee Harris (D) Sara Kyle (D) Brian Kelsey (R) Mark Norris (R) Reginald Tate (D)
Republican (28) Democratic (5) Tennessee General Assembly Tennessee House of Representatives Tennessee State Senate

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