Kathryn I. Bowers
Kathryn I. Bowers is a
Tennessee politician and a
Democratic member of the
Tennessee Senate representing the 33rd district, which is composed of part of
Shelby County. Before being elected as a state senator to the 104th
General Assembly, she had served as a member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives from the 99th through 103rd General Assemblies. During the 103rd General Assembly, she had been the House Majority Whip.
She was sworn in on
May 3,
2005, replacing a state senator that had been an interim replacement for
Roscoe Dixon, who resigned on
January 13 earlier that year. She serves on the Senate Government Operations Committee, on the Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee, on the Senate Environment and Conservation Committee, and on the Joint Tenncare Oversight Committee. In
2005, she was indicted on charges of corruption as a result of
Operation Tennessee Waltz.
Kathryn Bowers obtained an
associate's degree from Griggs Business College in
1962 and attended the
Memphis State University School of Journalism from
1970 to
1972. She works as a contractor business consultant and is also a state director for Women in Government.
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The profile of Kathryn I. Bowers at the Tennessee General Assembly website*
The indictment of Kathryn Bowers and Barry Myers, from News Channel5*
The biography of Kathryn Bowers in the Tennessee Blue Book*
womeningovernment.org
