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Diane Black

Diane Black

  • Tennessee
  • Republican
Career

U.S. House of Representatives, 2011-2019
Tennessee State Senate, 2005-2010
Tennessee House of Representatives, 1999-2004
Registered nurse

Education

A.A., Anne Arundel Community College
B.A., Belmont University

Details

Born: Jan 16, 1951

U.S. Representative

Biography

Diane Black represented Tennessee's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2011-2019. She ran for governor of Tennessee in 2018 but lost in the primary.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 16, 1951, Black graduated with an associate's degree in nursing from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland, in 1971. In 1991, she completed her bachelor's degree in nursing at Belmont University and worked as a registered nurse.

Prior to representing Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, Black served in the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 45 from 1998-2005, and the Tennessee Senate, representing District 18 from 2005-2010.

For information on Black's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation during her time in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

Sources:

United States House of Representatives. (n.d.). Black, Diane. Retrieved on October 12, 2020, from https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/B/BLACK,-Diane-(B001273)/.

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