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State Representative, 17th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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Andrew Ellis FarmerOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Andrew Ellis Farmer

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; attorney · Sevierville

The gist

  • Sponsored five new assistant public defender positions.In office
  • Sponsored the Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act.In office
  • Sponsored weighing unpaid child support in custody decisions.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored five new assistant public defender positions.

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Andrew Farmer, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB0486 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025.”
  2. Sponsored the Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act.

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Andrew Farmer, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB1965 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “enacts the "Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act."”
  3. Sponsored weighing unpaid child support in custody decisions.

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Andrew Farmer, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB0492 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “requires the court to consider any failure to pay child support, rather than failure for a period of three years or more”

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