Diane Black
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| Chair of the House Budget Committee Acting |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Price |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bart Gordon |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 18th district |
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In office 2005–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jo Ann Graves |
| Succeeded by | Kerry Roberts |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 45th district |
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In office 1998–2005 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Debra Maggart |
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Diane Lynn Warren January 16, 1951 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | David Lee Black |
| Children | 3 |
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Anne Arundel Community College Belmont University (BSN) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Diane Lynn Black (née Warren; born January 16, 1951) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district since 2011. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. She is a member of the Republican Party. Previously she was a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 18th district, which encompasses Robertson County and part of Sumner County. She was floor leader of the State Senate Republican Caucus.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to Joseph and Audrey Warren, Black graduated from Andover High School in Linthicum, Maryland, in 1969. She became the first member of her family to earn a college degree after graduating from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland with an associate's degree in nursing. She received a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1991 from Belmont University.
Black worked as a registered nurse until she ran for the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1998. Later she served as an educator at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee.
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