Lowe Finney (born November 1, 1975 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee) is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the

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for the 27th district, which is composed of

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, and Carroll counties.

Education and career

Lowe Finney graduated from the

University of Tennessee at Martin The University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin or UTM) is a public university in Martin, Tennessee. It is one of the five campuses of the University of Tennessee system. UTM is the only public university in West Tennessee outside of Memphi ...

, where he was a member of

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, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; he obtained a JD at

Saint Louis University School of Law Saint Louis University School of Law, also known as SLU LAW, is a private American law school located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of the professional graduate schools of Saint Louis University. The University hosted a law school briefly fr ...

. He taught as an instructor at

Lane College Lane College is a private historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and located in Jackson, Tennessee. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences. History Lane College was f ...

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and as an instructor at

Lambuth University Lambuth University was a private Methodist university in Jackson, Tennessee. It was active from 1843 to 2011 and was supported by the Memphis Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The university began as the Memphis Conference Fema ...

in Jackson. He taught

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and Business Law and Ethics.

Tennessee Senate

Lowe Finney was first elected to the state senate in 2006, having won against Republican incumbent Don McLeary by 456 votes. He served as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Vice-Chair of the Senate State and Local Government Committee. Senator Finney was also a member of the Environment, Conservation, and Tourism; Government Operations; and Joint Lottery Oversight Committees. In 2010, Finney ran for re-election and, again, defeated McLeary in a close race. Of the just over 50,000 ballots cast, Finney won by only 1,211 votes. On July 31, 2013, Finney announced in an email to supporters that he would not seek a third term in the State Senate.

Mayor of Jackson Campaign

On August 6, 2014, Finney told ''The Jackson Sun'' that he would be running in the May 2015

mayoral election against incumbent Jerry Gist. Finney finished second in the balloting with 4,757 votes (40.92 percent of 11,733 votes cast).

Political views

Lowe Finney has suggested that Tennessee have a State Department of Aging with a Cabinet-level administrator to run it, in order to deal with the growing senior population that is expected to double within the next 15 years.

External links

Lowe Finney for Mayor of Jackson

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Finney, Lowe Living people Democratic Party Tennessee state senators 1975 births University of Tennessee at Martin alumni Saint Louis University alumni Lambuth University people Lane College people