Curry Todd is a Republican

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 member of the Tennessee House of Representatives

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 for the 95th district, encompassing part of Shelby County

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Biography

Curry Todd was born on December 31, 1947 in Juno, Tennessee. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis

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He is a member of the National Rifle Association

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. He also serves as state chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council

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. He worked as a police officer

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 in Memphis

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He is married with one child. He is a Baptist

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In 2010, he compared pregnant illegal immigrants

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 to reproducing rats, though he later apologized.

In October 2011, he was arrested with a DUI

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. He apologized to Gov. Bill Haslam

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. A few days later, he resigned from his chairmanship of the State and Local Government Committee. However, he returned to the House of Representatives shortly after. However, Chip Forrester, the Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party

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, called for his resignation.