Torrey C. Harris born March 12, 1991, is an American politician serving as a member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Constitutional requirements
According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...
from the 90th district.
["Torrey Harris becomes youngest state lawmaker to win US House District 90"]
WMC-TV
WMC-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Gray Television. Its studios are located on Union Avenue in midtown Memphis, and its transmitter is located in northeast Memphis, ...
, November 3, 2020. Elected in 2020, he assumed office on January 12, 2021.
Alongside
Eddie Mannis, Harris was one of the first two openly-
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
state representatives elected in Tennessee.
2020 Tennessee State House Elections
Torrey challenged incumbent
John DeBerry
John J. DeBerry Jr. (born February 5, 1951) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 90 from 1995 to 2021. After his defeat in 2020, Governor Bill Lee appointed ...
who had re-registered as independent in 2020. Torrey had defeated John with %77.3 of the vote.
2022 Tennessee State House Elections
After being redistricted to District 91, Representing a lot of Midtown and other east Memphis neighborhoods, he won in an uncontested election after defeating a democratic challenger in the primaries.
Legal Issues
On July 17, 2022, Harris was arrested for felony theft and misdemeanor assault, after police were called by Harris' ex-boyfriend.
[Hardiman, Samuel & Melissa Brown]
Memphis State Rep. Torrey Harris arrested in Nashville after domestic dispute
'' Memphis Commercial Appeal'', July 19, 2022.
External Links
https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H91
https://twitter.com/TorreyHarris901
References
1991 births
LGBT state legislators in Tennessee
LGBT African Americans
Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Tennessee politicians convicted of crimes
Politicians from Memphis, Tennessee
21st-century American politicians
African-American state legislators in Tennessee
Living people
21st-century African-American politicians
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