On The Ballot: Running, Republican for State House (TN) - District 49
425 John Lewis Way North
Suite 532 Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37243
114 Woodland Drive
Smyrna, TN 37167
Full Name:
Mike Sparks
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Felicia; 2 Children: Preston, Payton
Birth Date:
01/11/1967
Birth Place:
Smyrna
Home City:
Smyrna, TN
Religion:
Baptist
AA, Mass Communication, Motlow State Community College
Attending, Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Watkins College
Graduated, Emergency Medical Technician, Volunteer State Community College
Graduated, Nashville School of Real Estate and Dale Carnegie Institute
Bachelors, Business, Middle Tennessee State University, 1997
Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 49, 2010-present
Candidate, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 49, 2022
Commissioner, Rutherford County, 2002-2010
Member, Commerce Committee
Member, Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Member, Insurance Committee
Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations
Member, Commerce Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives, present
Member, Education Instruction Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives, present
Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives, present
Former Chair, Consumer Subcommittee, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Member, Consumer and Human Resources Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Member, Insurance Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Member, Insurance and Banking Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Local Government Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Member, Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Member, Smyrna Municipal Planning Committee
Former Member, Subcommittee Business and Utilities, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Local Government, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Property & Casualty, Tennessee State House of Representatives
Owner, MidTnAutos.com, 2000-2011
Member, American Legislative Exchange Council
Member, Chamber of Commerce
Member, Farm Bureau
Member, Gideon's International
Member, Motlow College, Advisory Board
Member, National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB)
Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Member, Smyrna Rotary Club
Member, Heart of Tennessee Chapter Board, American Red Cross, 2002-2010
Favorite Book:
Bible, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill, 48 Days to the Work You Love
Favorite Movie:
Cool Hand Luke, Boys Town
Favorite Musician:
Doobie Brothers, Little River Band, Dokken
Favorite Quote:
"You Can Judge a Man's character by how he treats those who cannot offer him anything in return"
"For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" Prov. 23:7
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat" - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
Favorite TV Shows:
Shawn Hannity, Fox News