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State Representative, 72nd 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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Kirk HastonOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Kirk Haston

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; school health coordinator · Lobelville

The gist

  • Sponsored law helping Linden and Parsons hospitals keep critical-access statusIn office
  • Sponsored review of how TISA counts disadvantaged studentsIn office
  • Sponsored law putting new officials in the state pension systemIn office

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

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  1. Sponsored law helping Linden and Parsons hospitals keep critical-access status

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Kirk Haston, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB0843 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “declares Perry County Community Hospital in Linden and Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons to be necessary providers”
  2. Sponsored review of how TISA counts disadvantaged students

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Kirk Haston, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB2485 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “recommendations for how this state may revise the ways in which it identifies economically disadvantaged students”
  3. Sponsored law putting new officials in the state pension system

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Kirk Haston, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB0535 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “who take office on or after July 1, 2025, have mandatory membership in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system (TCRS)”

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