Richard Venable

For the nineteenth-century Virginia politician, see Richard N. Venable.
Richard Venable
Mayor of Sullivan County
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 30, 2014
Preceded bySteve Godsey
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 3rd district
In office
January 8, 1991 – January 7, 1997
Preceded byRalph Yelton
Succeeded byJason Mumpower
Personal details
Born (1944-10-02) October 2, 1944 (age 80)
Political partyRepublican

Richard Venable (born October 2, 1944) is an American politician. He is county mayor of Sullivan County, Tennessee and is a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[1][2] While county mayor, he is chairman of the Sullivan County Board of Commissioners commonly called the County Commission.[3] He lost his Republican Party nomination bid in first congressional district race to replace the retiring Bill Jenkins to David Davis.[4]

  1. ^ Tn. gov. archives Archived 2018-04-18 at the Wayback Machine: Richard S. Venable; Tn. House of Representatives- Retrieved 2017-01-15
  2. ^ "'Love your neighbor… wear a mask': Sullivan Co. leaders urge mask-wearing as COVID-19 cases rise". WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. ^ "Sullivan GOP fracture evident as commissioners try to oust Venable as chairman". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  4. ^ "Race to replace Roe: Two in, five confirmed "pondering," more expected". WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-06-30.