Sara Kyle

Sara Kyle (born October 21, 1952) is an American attorney and politician. She is a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 30th district, which is composed of part of Memphis, having been elected in 2014 for an interim 2-year period of the remaining term of the senate seat held by her husband, who retired mid-term. Kyle's term in office ends in 2016. A Democratic primary for this State Senate seat will be held in August 2016 and a general election in November 2016.

Kyle is the niece of Frank G. Clement, who served as governor, and Anna Belle Clement O’Brien, who was a state senator. She is the daughter of Bruce and Emma Gene Clement Peery of Dickson and a 1970 graduate of Dickson High School. Sara Peery Kyle was elected to the Public Service Commission in 1994. The PSC as an elected position was eliminated and replaced by the appointed Tennessee Regulatory Authority to which Kyle was appointed in 1996 by then Democratic Speaker Jimmy Naifeh. Kyle was reappointed to successive terms by Tennessee political leaders serving in appointed capacity from 1996 until March 2013 when she resigned, in protest, saying changes made by the Republican Governor Bill Haslam left the agency ineffective.^[1] Kyle, who ran an elected statewide race 20 years prior (1994) then briefly considered another effort at a statewide race in 2014 against Governor Haslam, but decided against this course of action.

On 4 April 2016, Kyle voted for HB0615, a bill that would designate the Bible as the official state book. The bill, supported by a majority of the state's Republican senators and one other Democratic senator, was vetoed by Gov. Bill Haslam.^[2]

References

External links

• The State Senate biography of Sara Kyle
• Project Vote Smart