id: ocd-person/7a3177a1-118c-48ce-bbb8-17ebb1240e00
name: Joe Towns
given_name: Joe
family_name: Towns
gender: Male
email: rep.joe.towns@capitol.tn.gov
image: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/images/h84.jpg
party:
- name: Democratic
roles:
- start_date: 1994-11-08
  type: lower
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:tn/government
  district: '84'
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: Room 416, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville,
    TN 37243
  voice: 615-741-2189
links:
- url: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H84
  note: homepage
- url: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member?district=H84
- url: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h84.html
other_names:
- name: J. Towns
- name: Joe Towns
- name: Joe Towns, Jr.
- name: Jr. Towns
- name: Towns, J
- name: Towns, J.
other_identifiers:
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: TNL000122
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: TNL000251
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: TNL000265
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: TNL000309
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: TNL000395
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Towns_Jr.
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Towns
- url: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/24457/joe-towns-jr
- url: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/LegislatorInfo/directory.aspx?chamber=H
- url: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H84
- url: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member?district=H84
- url: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members
- url: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/
- url: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h84.html
extras:
  office: 416 CHB
  personal info:
  - Born May 4 in Memphis TN
  - Single
  - 'Occupation: Business/ Entrepreneur and Former College Instructor, and has a Management,
    Consulting and Entertainment Co.'
  - Member of Mississippi Boulevard Church
  - B.A. in Political Science from LeMoyne-Owen College
  - M.S. in Operational Management from University of Arkansas in Fayetteville