Michael Anthony Faulk (September 10, 1953 – November 11, 2014) was an American jurist and politician.
Faulk was born in
Kingsport, Tennessee. In November 2008, he was elected to the
Tennessee State Senate
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The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue rega ...
, defeating incumbent
Micheal R. Williams
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A resident of Maynardville, in the Te ...
by the narrow margin of 29,417 to 29,171. He was a
Republican
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, representing
Claiborne,
Grainger,
Hancock Hancock may refer to:
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,
Hawkins,
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, and
Union
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counties. Before his election to the Senate, he worked as a personal injury
attorney in
Church Hill, Tennessee
Church Hill is a city in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,998 at the 2020 census and 6,737 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kingsport– Bristol (TN)– Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which ...
. In March 2012, he announced he would not be seeking re-election for a second term. He served in the Senate until 2013.
Faulk held a B.S. from the
University of Tennessee at Martin
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and a J.D. from the University of Memphis. He attended Oak Grove Baptist Church and was a divorced father of two.
He died on November 11, 2014, of cancer at the age of 61. He had
esophageal cancer that metastasized to his liver.
Circuit Court Judge Mike Faulk dead at 61
References
External links
Mike Faulk scandal
1953 births
2014 deaths
People from Kingsport, Tennessee
University of Memphis alumni
University of Tennessee at Martin alumni
Tennessee state court judges
Republican Party Tennessee state senators
People from Church Hill, Tennessee
20th-century American judges
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