Diane Black

Diane Black
Chair of the House Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 11, 2018
Acting: January 3, 2017 – February 16, 2017
Preceded byTom Price
Succeeded bySteve Womack
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 6th district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byBart Gordon
Succeeded byJohn Rose
Member of the Tennessee Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 2005 – November 22, 2010
Preceded byJo Ann Graves
Succeeded byFerrell Haile
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 45th district
In office
January 1999 – January 2005
Preceded byRandy Stamps
Succeeded byDebra Maggart
Personal details
Born
Diane Lynn Warren

(1951-01-16) January 16, 1951 (age 73)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
David Black
(m. 1980)
Children3
EducationAnne Arundel Community College
Belmont University (BSN)

Diane Lynn Black (née Warren; January 16, 1951) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from January 3, 2011, to January 3, 2019. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. A Republican, she was previously elected to the Tennessee Senate, serving as floor leader of the Republican Caucus. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election.