Stacey Campfield is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Tennessee Senate

Tennessee Senate

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 from the 7th district, encompassing Knoxville

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 and part of Knox County

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Biography

Stacey Campfield was born on June 8, 1968. He received a B.S. in Management and an Associate degree in Marketing from Regents College, now known as Excelsior College

Excelsior College

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. He received another Associate from Broome Community College

Broome Community College

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. He has been involved with the Young Republicans

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, the College Republicans

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, and the American Red Cross

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. He is a Christian

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He was first elected in 2004 to the Tennessee House of Representatives

Tennessee House of Representatives

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, and in 2010 was elected to the State Senate. The seat was previously held by Tim Burchett

Tim Burchett

Tim Burchett is the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. He formerly held the Tennessee State Senate seat representing Tennessee's District 7, part of Knox County. He was also previously a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. On August 5, 2010, Burchett was elected mayor of Knox County...

. His opponent, Randy Walker, had openly solicited support from moderate

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 Republicans in the November election.

He is best known for trying to join the legislative Black Caucus, and for his sponsorship of bills to issue death certificates for aborted

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 fetus

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es; to force women to look at fetal ultrasound

Ultrasound

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 images before having an abortion; for the right to carry guns onto college

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 campuses; to eliminate the state’s pre-kindergarten

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 programs.

While a state Representative in 2008, as he proposed a bill to ban teachers from mentioning homosexuality in class, the Tennessee Equality Project

Tennessee Equality Project

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 expressed their concerns. In 2011 as a Senator, the bill reappeared as AB821, the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, and it gained national and international attention. Openly gay filmmaker Del Shores

Del Shores

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 challenged him to a debate about it. Both Lillian Faderman

Lillian Faderman

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 and Harvard

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 historian Ian Lekus agreed it encouraged dishonesty and could lead to further suicide among LGBT youth

Suicide among LGBT youth

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. However, in an interview, Sen Campfield explained he supported anti-bullying legislations for all children, not just for the LGBT community.

External links

• Campfield's blog
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002