Английская Википедия:Diana Harshbarger

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Diana Lynn Harshbarger (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell; born January 1, 1960) is an American pharmacist, businesswoman, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, she has served as the U.S. representative for Шаблон:Ushr since January 3, 2021. Her district is based in the Tri-Cities area in northeastern Tennessee.

Early life and career

Harshbarger was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, and raised in nearby Bloomingdale. She is the first person in her family to graduate from high school. She earned her bachelor's degree from East Tennessee State University and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Mercer University.

Harshbarger has been a licensed pharmacist since 1987. She and her husband, Bob, operate Premier Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy.

U.S. House of Representatives

Election

2020

Шаблон:Main After six-term incumbent and fellow Republican Phil Roe opted to retire from the United States House of Representatives, Harshbarger announced her candidacy to succeed him in the United States House of Representatives for Шаблон:Ushr. She won the 17-way August 5 Republican primary and defeated Democratic nominee Blair Walsingham in the November general election. She had effectively clinched a seat in Congress with her victory in the primary, since the 1st is one of the few ancestrally Republican districts in the South; it has been in Republican hands for all but four years since 1861, and Democrats have garnered as much as 40% of the vote only twice since 1898. When Harshbarger took office on January 3, 2021, she became the fifth woman elected to Congress from Tennessee, but only the third who was not a stand-in for her husband, after Diane Black and Marsha Blackburn. The 1st historically gives its incumbents very long tenures in Washington; Harshbarger is only the ninth person to hold the seat in 100 years.

Harshbarger focused her campaign on fixing the opioid crisis, advocating anti-abortion legislation, and protecting religious freedom. She also highlighted American dependence on Chinese pharmaceutical imports as an issue of national security. During the Republican primary, her opponents criticized her over her alleged involvement with American Inhalation Medication Specialists (AIMS), a business her husband ran that sold mislabeled pharmaceuticals from China. In 2013 Robert Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud charges related to the company and was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison, in addition to over $800,000 in restitution and over $400,000 in asset forfeiture. Harshbarger's campaign said she had no involvement with AIMS, despite corporate records to the contrary.

Harshbarger declined to debate her competitors during the primary and general elections.

Tenure

On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol during debate. Lawmakers fled to an undisclosed location for safety. Later that evening, Harshbarger joined 139 other Republican House members in voting to sustain objections to the certification of the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, based on claims of voter fraud.

Harshbarger supports efforts to impeach President Joe Biden. In September 2021 Harshbarger co-sponsored a resolution by Marjorie Taylor Greene to impeach President Joe Biden over the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. In May, 2023, she co-sponsored a resolution by Greene to impeach Biden over his handling of security at the United States-Mexico border. Also in May 2023, she co-sponsored Greene's resolutions to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew M. Graves.

Harshbarger was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

Committee assignments

• Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  • Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
• Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation
  • Subcommittee on Oversight, Management and Accountability

Caucus memberships

• GOP Doctors Caucus
• Rural Broadband Caucus
• Tennessee Valley Corridor Caucus
• Republican Study Committee
• Freedom Caucus

Electoral history

2020

United States House of Representatives, Tennessee's 1st District Republican Primary

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Diana Harshbarger	18,074	19.2
Republican	Timothy Hill	15,731	16.7
Republican	Rusty Crowe	15,179	16.1
Republican	Josh Gapp	13,379	14.2
Republican	Steve Darden	11,647	12.4
Republican	John Clark	8,826	9.4
Republican	David Hawk	4,717	5.0
Republican	Nichole Williams	2,803	3.0
Republican	Jay Adkins	1,635	1.7
Republican	Carter Quillen	853	0.9
Republican	Richard Baker	298	0.3
Republican	Chad Fleenor	282	0.3
Republican	Phil Arlinghaus	274	0.3
Republican	Robert Franklin	229	0.2
Republican	Chuck Miller	189	0.2
Republican	Chance Cansler	147	0.2

United States House of Representatives, Tennessee's 1st District

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Diana Harshbarger	228,181	74.7
Democratic	Blair Walsingham	68,617	22.5
Independent	Steve Holder	8,261	2.8
Independent	Josh Berger (write-in)	4	0.0
Independent	David Adams (write-in)	2	0.0

Personal life

Harshbarger is a Baptist. Her husband pleaded guilty to federal charges of distributing misbranded drugs from China and served four years in prison.

See also

• Women in the United States House of Representatives

External links

• Representative Diana Harshbarger official U.S. House website
• Diana Harshbarger for Congress
• Шаблон:CongLinks
• Шаблон:C-SPAN

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