Jason Zachary was born on June 29,1977, to his mother Pamela D Zachary and father Richard K Zachary and moved with his parents to Knoxville, Tennessee, at age 15 during 1992.
16 Facts About Jason Zachary
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Richard Zachary is the CEO of Americomm, Inc and founded this business during 1994.
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Jason Zachary graduated from Farragut High School and later completed an associate degree in Marketing during 1996 from Pellissippi State Community College at Hardin Valley, Tennessee, located in the northwest section of Knox County, Tennessee.
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Jason Zachary briefly attended the University of Tennessee sports management program but did not complete the requirements for a degree.
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Jason Zachary married to wife Holly during 2000 and acquired an ownership interest in his father's Americomm, Inc business during that same year.
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Jason Zachary has been the Vice President of Agent Sales at Americomm since 1999, and was on the board of directors for the 501 non-profit International Sports Consulting, Inc of Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Jason Zachary is a Southern Baptist and a member at First Baptist Church Concord megachurch in Knoxville where he reportedly serves as a deacon and steward on the finance committee overseeing a $9 million budget.
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Jason Zachary serves on the board of the Western Heights Baptist Center.
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Jason Zachary was first elected to the Tennessee State House of Representatives on August 12,2015.
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Jason Zachary is a House member of the 109th through 111th General Assemblies.
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Jason Zachary lost the 2014 federal primary election as a federal candidate to incumbent US Representative Jimmy Duncan.
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Only slightly more than 10 per cent of the registered voters in the west Knox County 14th Tennessee House District turned out to vote, with Jason Zachary netting 2,397 of the ballots cast while Carson took 1,742 votes in the unofficial returns.
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Jason Zachary reportedly had his first oath of office staged inside his First Baptist Concord megachurch in Knoxville with then Tennessee House of Representatives Speaker Beth Harwell administering his oath of office.
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In 2023, Jason Zachary supported a resolution to expel Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules.
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Jason Zachary sponsored HB 563 which would protect businesses that refuse service to LGBTQ people.
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Jason Zachary has supported defunding public education in favor of private schools.