Barry Doss from
Leoma, Tennessee is an American politician and a former
Republican member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives
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Constitutional requirements
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representing District 70 from January 8, 2013 to January 8, 2019.
Education
Doss earned his
BS in
animal science
Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...
from
University of Tennessee
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.
Elections
*2012 When District 70 Republican Representative
Joey Hensley ran for
Tennessee Senate and left the seat open, Doss ran in the three-way August 2, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,294 votes (60.6%), and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 11,496 votes (51.1%) against
Democratic nominee Calvin Moore (who had run for the seat in 2010) and
Independent
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candidate John Johnson.
*Barry Doss lost to primary challenger
Clay Doggett, 48%(4,924) to 52%(5,277) on August 2, 2018.
References
External links
Official pageat the
Tennessee General Assembly
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Barry Dossat
Ballotpedia
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Barry Dossat the National Institute on Money in State Politics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
People from Lawrence County, Tennessee
University of Tennessee alumni
21st-century American politicians
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