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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 8, 2021

Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Mike Bell, R-Riceville, announced today that he will not be a candidate for re-election in 2022. Bell was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 2006 before moving to the Senate in 2010, the Tennessee Journal reports. He has served in several leadership positions during his legislative tenure. In addition to chairing the Judiciary Committee, he led the Senate Government Operations Committee from 2012 to 2018. In the House, he chaired the Children and Family Subcommittee and was freshman leader in the Republican Caucus. In announcing the news, Bell said, “It has been the highest honor of my life to serve in the Tennessee General Assembly. Just as I knew it was time for me to run for office in 2006, I feel it is now time to move to the next chapter of my life and pass the leadership mantle for this district to a new state senator.”