Congressman Diane Black will be the guest speaker at the DeKalb County Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner on Friday, April 7 at the county complex starting at 6:00 p.m.
Black has been the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 6th congressional district since 2011. In Congress, Black serves as Chairman of the House Budget Committee and on the House Ways and Means Committee.
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.
Before becoming a state senator in 2004, she had previously served as a state representative for six years. Black was the Assistant Floor Leader of the Senate Republican Caucus, a member of the Senate Government Operations Committee, and the Vice-Chairwoman of the Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee. She was elected the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus Chairwoman in 2006.
In December, 2009, she became a candidate for Tennessee’s 6th congressional district to succeed Bart Gordon, who did not run for reelection.. On August 5, 2010, Black won the Republican primary with 31% of the vote. In the November election, Black won with 67 percent of the vote. She is now in her fourth term as Congressman.
Tickets to the Reagan Day Dinner are $30 per person or $250 per table (seats 6). To purchase tickets or tables, please contact Mingy Bryant at 615-597-2600 or Jennifer Winfree at 615-477-9762.
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