Michele Reneau says Tennessee is a bastion of conservatism. She is running for the Tennessee House of Representatives to keep it that way.
“I think what we’re in today is a culture war,” Reneau said in an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press. “There is a progressive agenda sweeping across America, and I believe it’s here in Tennessee.”
Reneau, 47, lives on Signal Mountain and is the Republican nominee for the Tennessee District 27 House seat. She beat incumbent Rep. Patsy Hazlewood in the August primary.
The district stretches from Lookout Valley to Flat Top Mountain.
Reneau and her husband have lived in Hamilton County for 15 years. She grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and lived there for 30 years before moving to the Scenic City. Reneau’s father was in the U.S. Army and met her mother in South Korea while serving. The couple moved to Charleston when Reneau was 3.