Mike Sparks

Mike Sparks
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 49th[1] district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2011
Preceded byKent Coleman
Personal details
Born (1967-01-11) January 11, 1967 (age 57)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Felicia Sparks
​
(m. 1990)​
Children2
ResidenceSmyrna, Tennessee
Alma materMiddle Tennessee State University
Websitevotemikesparks.com

Mike Sparks[2] (born January 11, 1967) is an American politician. A Republican, he represents District 49 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Career

Sparks was a county commissioner for Rutherford County, Tennessee from 2002 until 2010, and served on the Smyrna Municipal Planning Committee from 2001 to 2010.[3]

His former auto business, MidTnAUTOS.com, was reported by the Business Journal to be the first 'dot com' car business in Tennessee to use a domain name as its official company name.[4]

Sparks has self-published three books: Learn The Car Business for Fun & Profit, Learn to Barter & 21 Ways to Increase Your Income and How to Do More with Less During Tough Times.[5]

Prompted, in part, by the Rutherford County, Tennessee juvenile arrest and incarceration scandal, in January 2023, he introduced House Bill 720[6] to the Tennessee General Assembly, proposing amendments to protect juveniles from interrogation in the absence of a guardian.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rep. Mike Sparks". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Mike Sparks' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Mike Sparks earns endorsement from Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association" Murfreesboro Voice, October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "'I was on to something'" J. Holly Dolloff, Nashville Business Journal, April 3, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "How to Do More with Less During Tough Times" Michael J. Sparks, Createspace, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "HB 0720 by Sparks" Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Legislation aims at averting excessive jailing of juveniles" Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout, January 18, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.


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