{{Short description|American politician from Tennessee (born 1944)}} {{for|the nineteenth-century Virginia politician|Richard N. Venable}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Richard Venable | image = | state_house2 = Tennessee | district2 = 3rd | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|2}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | occupation = | children = | relations = | alma_mater = | predecessor2 = Ralph Yelton | successor2 = Jason Mumpower | term_start2 = January 8, 1991 | term_end2 = January 7, 1997 | office1 = Mayor of Sullivan County | predecessor1 = Steve Godsey | term_start1 = August 30, 2014 }} '''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.<ref>[http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/archives/99GA/h3.htm Tn. gov. archives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418001358/http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/archives/99GA/h3.htm |date=2018-04-18 }}: Richard S. Venable; Tn. House of Representatives- Retrieved 2017-01-15</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title='Love your neighbor… wear a mask': Sullivan Co. leaders urge mask-wearing as COVID-19 cases rise|url=https://www.wjhl.com/local-coronavirus-coverage/love-your-neighbor-wear-a-mask-sullivan-co-leaders-urge-mask-wearing-as-covid-19-cases-rise/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=WJHL {{!}} Tri-Cities News & Weather|language=en-US}}</ref> While county mayor, he is chairman of the Sullivan County Board of Commissioners commonly called the County Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sullivan GOP fracture evident as commissioners try to oust Venable as chairman|url=http://www.timesnews.net/Politics/2019/09/20/Sullivan-GOP-fracture.html|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Kingsport Times-News|date=19 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He lost his Republican Party nomination bid in first congressional district race to replace the retiring Bill Jenkins to David Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-03|title=Race to replace Roe: Two in, five confirmed "pondering," more expected|url=https://www.wjhl.com/news/race-to-replace-roe-two-in-four-confirmed-pondering-more-expected/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=WJHL {{!}} Tri-Cities News & Weather|language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Venable, Richard}} Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Heads of county government in Tennessee Category:Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Category:20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly
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