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State Representative, 39th 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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Iris RudderOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Iris Rudder

RepublicanIncumbent

Small business owner · Winchester

The gist

  • Sponsored the Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act.In office
  • Sponsored law penalizing reckless gunfire at crowded public events.In office
  • Sponsored law extending overdose immunity to alcohol-related offenses.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 the Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act.

    Representative Iris Rudder: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act”
  2. Sponsored law penalizing reckless gunfire at crowded public events.

    Representative Iris Rudder: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person”
  3. Sponsored law extending overdose immunity to alcohol-related offenses.

    Representative Iris Rudder: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “expands the immunity from prosecution when seeking medical assistance for a person experiencing”

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