Bill Powers

Bill Powers (born March 10, 1957) is an American politician who has served in the 111th Tennessee General Assembly since being elected in April of 2019 and represents the Tennessee State Senate's 22nd district.

He was born in Clarksville, Tennessee and continues to live there to this day. He is the husband of Fran Powers, and they are parents of three children: Spence, Louise, and Henry. He graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts, English/History.

Local politics

He was elected two terms on the Clarksville City Council. Throughout his two terms Powers served as Chairman of Clarksville Gas & Water; Clarksville Department of Electricity/ Lightband Board of Directors; Parks & Recreation; and Board of Zoning Appeals for the city.

State politics

He began his campaign for the Tennessee Senate in January of 2019 due to Tennessee Senator Mark Green stepping down from his position, causing a vacancy. After winning the election for the position in late April of the same year he now represents Tennessee District 22 which includes Stewart, Houston, and Montgomery counties.

He is a member of multiple Senate committees and subcommittees which include:

• Senate Government Operations Committee
• Education, Health and General Welfare Subcommittee of Joint Government Operations Committee
• Senate Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee
• Judiciary and Government Subcommittee of Joint Government Operations Committee
  

A special election was held on April 23, 2019 in which powers ran as a Republican against Democratic Juanita Charles as well as Independent party members Doyle Clark and David Cutting. The results of the special election are shown in the table below.