Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

's 30th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Sara Kyle Sara Peery Kyle (born October 21, 1952) is an American attorney and politician, and currently represents the 30th district in the Tennessee Senate. She became the second woman to elected to statewide office in Tennessee when she won the race fo ...

since 2015, succeeding her husband, fellow Democrat

Jim Kyle James Fellow Kyle, Jr. (born October 14, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the Tennessee's 30th Senate district, 30th district, which is composed of part of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis. ...

Geography

District 30 is based in

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, covering much of the city's

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, and

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neighborhoods. The district is located almost entirely within

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, with a small section extending into the 8th district. It overlaps with the 83rd, 85th, 86th, 88th, 90th, 93rd, 97th, and 98th districts of the

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2020

2016

2014 special

In 2014,

won a special election to succeed her husband,

, who ran for a judge position in Shelby County.

2012

In 2012, redistricting pit 28th district incumbent

against 30th district incumbent

Beverly Marrero Beverly Robison Marrero (born January 23, 1939) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate District 30, which is a part of Shelby County. She was first elected to the 103rd General Assembly in the House by-electio ...

, a contest Kyle won.

Federal and statewide results in District 30

References

{{Tennessee State Senators 30 Shelby County, Tennessee