Stacey Campfield
| Stacey Campfield | |
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| former member of the Tennessee Senate from the 7th district |
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In office November 3, 2010 – December 31, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Burchett |
| Succeeded by | Richard Briggs |
| former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 14th district |
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In office January 3, 2005 – November 3, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Steven Buttry |
| Succeeded by | Steve Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 8, 1968 Johnson City, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Broome Community College (A.A.) Excelsior College (B.S.) |
| Profession |
Politician Real estate developer Landlord |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Stacey Campfield (born June 8, 1968) is an American politician. He served as the Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from the 7th district, including Knoxville, Farragut, University of Tennessee, Powell and other parts of Knox County.
Campfield was born on June 8, 1968. Originally from Vestal, New York and a 1986 graduate of Vestal High School where he was named "Sportsman of the year" for Wrestling and later was inducted into their high school hall of fame, Campfield moved to Knoxville at age 25. He received a B.S. in Management from Regents College, now known as Excelsior College, in Albany, New York. He also received an associate degree in Marketing from Broome Community College. He has been involved with the Young Republicans, the College Republicans, and the American Red Cross. Campfield is an unmarried Catholic.
He was first elected in 2004 to the Tennessee House of Representatives.
In 2005, Campfield said that he was interested in joining the legislative Black Caucus. Campfield described the group's bylaws as racist because he said they restrict membership based on race, which described as being more restrictive than the Ku Klux Klan's bylaws that only restrict based on the ideology of white supremacy. The leader of the Black Caucus considered asking members of the group to vote on whether to give Campfield honorary membership without voting rights, but Campfield said he only wanted full membership saying "Separate but equal did not work in the 1960's and anything short of full membership is an insult to equal rights."
As of 2006, felons were eligible to vote in Tennessee as long as they are not delinquent on any payments of child support or victim restitution. Because there is no law prohibiting voting by non-felons who are delinquent on child support payment, a bill was proposed dropping the eligibility for felons of being timely with child support payments in 2006. Campfield opposed the bill, saying that one way a felon can show rehabilitation is by being timely on any child support payments.
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