James Rand McNally (born January 30, 1944) is an American politician serving as the 50th

lieutenant governor of Tennessee The lieutenant governor and speaker of the Senate of Tennessee is the presiding officer of the Tennessee Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from ...

since 2017. A member of the

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, he has been the state senator from the

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since 1987, which encompasses

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, Loudon, & Monroe counties, as well as part of Knox County.

Early life and education

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McNally was born in

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https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/24356/randy-mcnally#.XL6ooehKjIU "Randy McNally's Biography - Vote Smart. and later graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1962, obtained a

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(BS) from

Memphis State University } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...

in 1967, and graduated from

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

College of Pharmacy in 1969.

Career

Beginning in the late 1960s, he worked as a

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in chain drug stores. In 1978, he began employment as a hospital pharmacist at Methodist Medical Center in

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak ...

. McNally has served in the

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since 1979. He was elected to the 91st through 94th General Assemblies as a member of the

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. He was a key figure in the

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investigation in the late 1980s, when he worked undercover to help the

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and

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obtain evidence on political corruption in the Tennessee state government. He moved to the State Senate for the 95th General Assembly in 1987, and has served there continuously since then. McNally was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate in 2007, but fellow Republican

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was elected. On January 10, 2017, he was elected Lieutenant Governor and Senate Speaker by the state senate.

Personal life

McNally is

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References

External links

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Senator Randy McNally
Tennessee General Assembly website
Senator James Randy McNally

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Early life and education

Career

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