Senator Mae Beavers, whose political career began 19 years ago when she won election to the Wilson County Commission, is running for another term in the Tennessee State Senate.
Senator Mae Beavers
Beavers began her public service as a Wilson County Commissioner from 1990-1994 and represented West Wilson County in the Tennessee State House of Representatives from 1994-2002. She was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.
“I’m proud of what we have been able to accomplish in the State Legislature over the past eight years, and in the Senate Judiciary Committee in the past four. I am looking forward to what we will be able to accomplish in the next four years with a Republican Governor, and Republican majorities in the Senate and the House.”
While serving on the County Commission, Beavers introduced and the county commission passed the first financial management act in the history of the county. Beavers served as the first chairman of the Finance Committee under that act, and because of the new financial structure and oversight, the county was able to go four years without raising county property taxes even while building new schools.
Senator Beavers has a Bachelor of Science degree from Trevecca Nazarene University. She worked as a court reporter and paralegal before being elected to the county commission, and more recently worked as a financial advisor.
In the Tennessee Legislature she was a leader in the fight to stop the passage of a state income tax. Since being elected to the State Senate, she has taken a leadership role, serving in this past session as the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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