Mike Sparks
Tennessee State Representative, District 49 since 2010. Lost re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 9 elections between 2010 and 2024, winning 9.
- In office
- 16 yrs
- Since 2010
- Bills became law
- 20
- 40 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.9%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 96%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- −10.1
- Lost 2026
- Elections
- 10
- 2010–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Private Acts · vice chair
- Finance, Ways and Means
- Government Operations
- Insurance
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Public Buildings · Became law Apr 2025
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Sparks sits in the Tennessee House of Representatives
Sparks is closer to the center than 87% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Clay Doggett, Lowell Russell, Dennis Powers
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:02 PM ET
With Sparks’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Sparks’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Sparks | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | SB 2085: Victims' Rights - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to increase the victims assistance… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 77–16 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SJR 1205: Memorials, Public Service - Sheriff Tom Spangler - | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 79–10 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SJR 1182: Memorials, Public Service - Glenn Jacobs, Mayor of Knox County - | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 76–10 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SB 1585: Education - As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 54–39 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | SB 714: Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA… | No | No | Yes | Failed 13–72 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Sparks was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Lost | D+10.1 | R+16.9 | −27.0 |
| 2024 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+14.4 | R+16.9 | −2.5 |
| 2022 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+19.0 | R+11.6 | +7.4 |
| 2020 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+7.7 | — | — |
| 2018 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+5.0 | — | — |
| 2016 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+22.3 | — | — |
| 2014 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+25.7 | — | — |
| 2014 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 (primary) | Won | +8.3 | — | — |
| 2012 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+17.7 | — | — |
| 2010 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 | Won | R+16.0 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Sparks has held
- Tennessee House of Representatives, District 49 · since 2010
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Sparks has run against
- Connie Casha (D) · 2026 election, lost
- Luis Mata (D) · 2024 election, won
- Morgan Woodberry (D) · 2022 election, won
- Brandon Thomas (D) · 2020 election, won
- Chris Mayor (D) · 2018 election, won
- Mike Williams (D) · 2014 election, won
- Kent Coleman (D) · 2010 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Sparks
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/092dd5d6-fb25-494c-ad16-78f0034df92f
- Wikidata Q16197264
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET