Dewey "Rusty" Crowe (born April 2, 1947), is an American politician in the state of

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. He is member of the

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representing the 3rd district, which encompasses Washington County, Unicoi County and Carter County. Crowe also serves as vice president of Shared Health Services in

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and he is also President of Product Specialty Corporation of

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. Crowe was previously employed by

East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is a public research university in Johnson City, Tennessee. Although it is part of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee, the university is governed by an institutional Board of Tr ...

from 1980 to 2003, last working with ETSU as an assistant dean in the continuing studies department. In February 2020, Crowe announced that he was running for

Tennessee's 1st congressional district Tennessee's 1st congressional district is the congressional district of northeast Tennessee, including all of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties and parts of Jefferson County ...

in the 2020 election. Crowe placed 3rd in the contest with approximately 16% of the vote.

Early career

Born in

, Crowe obtained a

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from

and a

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from Atlanta Law School. From 1967 to 1971, he served in the

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intercepting Morse Code from the enemy in

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. According to

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, he supports the displaying of the

Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ� ...

in public schools, the use of the

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

in Tennessee, allowing citizens to carry concealed guns, and tightening eligibility requirements for

TennCare TennCare is the state Medicaid program in the U.S. state of Tennessee. TennCare was established in 1994 under a federal waiver that authorized deviations from the standard Medicaid rules. It was the first state Medicaid program to enroll all Medi ...

. Crowe owns two patents: U.S. Patents 5,601,605 (February 11, 1997) for an infant pacifier - fluid administering unit and 5,772,685 (June 30, 1998) for an infant pacifier-fluid administering unit.

State Government

Crowe was first elected in 1990 to the 97th

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as a write-in Democratic candidate, but switched to the Republican Party in 1996. Crowe serves as the chair of the General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee, serves as a member of the Senate Education Committee, Select Oversight Committee on Education, Government Operations Committee, and as chair of the Joint Select Committee on Veterans Affairs.

References

External links

Rusty Crowe's profile at the Tennessee General AssemblyRusty Crowe's entry at Project Vote SmartPublicIntegrity.orgRusty Crowe's Ballotpedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowe, Rusty 1947 births 21st-century American politicians East Tennessee State University alumni East Tennessee State University faculty Living people Republican Party Tennessee state senators