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Beth Halteman Harwell〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beth Halteman Harwell )〕 (born July 24, 1957, in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is the current Speaker of the House in the Tennessee House of Representatives. She serves as Tennessee State Representative from Nashville and former Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party from 2001 through 2004. A longtime member of the Tennessee House of Representatives since 1988, Harwell was a ranking Republican in the House (former Minority Whip) and Commerce Committee chairwoman.〔〔 She is the first woman to serve as Tennessee's Speaker of the House. In 1978 Harwell received her Bachelor of Arts from Lipscomb University. She received a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. She is married to Samuel Harwell. The couple has three children.〔''Lipscomb University Alumni Today 2010'' (New York: Harris Connect, 2010), p. 161.〕 Harwell received the Small Business award from the National Federation of Independent Business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Beth Harwell )〕 Harwell explored a run for the 2006 U.S. Senate race; however she finally decided against seeking that seat. In May 2007 Harwell said that she was considering running in the 2010 state gubernatorial election. In the 2008 presidential election, Harwell was the state co-chair for John McCain's presidential campaign.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Presidential campaign officer, legislator teaches students about elections this fall )〕 McCain won 56.9% of Tennessee's popular vote against Democrat Barack Obama.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=RealClearPolitics )〕 During the elections, the Republican Party gained control of both the Tennessee Senate and House for the first time since Reconstruction. In January 2009, Harwell was named chairwoman of the Commerce Committee. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beth Harwell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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