Sara Kyle

Sara Kyle
Member of the Tennessee Senate
from the 30th district
Assumed office
January 13, 2015
Preceded by Jim Kyle
Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority
In office
July 1, 1996 – March 13, 2013
Preceded by None (position established)
Succeeded by Robin Morrison
Personal details
Born Sara Peery
(1952-10-21) October 21, 1952
Dickson, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Jim Kyle
Children 4
Residence Memphis, Tennessee
Alma mater Nashville School of Law
Profession Attorney

Sara Peery Kyle (born October 21, 1952) is an American attorney and politician. She is a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 30th district, which is composed of part of Memphis, having been elected in 2014 for an interim 2-year period of the remaining term of the senate seat held by her husband, who retired mid-term. Kyle's first term in office ended in 2016. A Democratic primary for this State Senate seat was held in August 2016 and a general election in November 2016. Kyle won both the Primary and the General elections.

Kyle is the niece of Frank G. Clement, who served as governor, and Anna Belle Clement O’Brien, who was a state senator. She is the daughter of Bruce and Emma Gene Clement Peery of Dickson and a 1970 graduate of Dickson High School. Sara Peery Kyle was elected to the Public Service Commission in 1994. The PSC as an elected position was eliminated and replaced by the appointed Tennessee Regulatory Authority to which Kyle was appointed in 1996 by then Democratic Speaker Jimmy Naifeh. Kyle was reappointed to successive terms by Tennessee political leaders serving in appointed capacity from 1996 until March 2013 when she resigned, in protest, saying changes made by the Republican Governor Bill Haslam left the agency ineffective.[1] Kyle, who ran an elected statewide race 20 years prior (1994) then briefly considered another effort at a statewide race in 2014 against Governor Haslam, but decided against this course of action.

On 4 April 2016, Kyle voted for HB0615, a bill that would designate the Bible as the official state book. The bill, supported by a majority of the state's Republican senators and one other Democratic senator, was vetoed by Gov. Bill Haslam.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wdkn.com/dickson-high-grad-sara-kyle-nominated-to-fill-husbands-seat-in-tennessee-senate/
  2. ↑ Ebert, Joel. "Bill to make Bible Tennessee's official book heads to governor". The Tennesseean.com. USA Today. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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