Former Tennessee State Senator Roy Herron died Sunday (7/9/2023) after he was seriously injured in a jet ski accident on July 1 on Kentucky Lake. He was 69. In 1986, Herron was elected to the State House of Representatives where he would serve 10 years. From 1997 to 2013 he represented the 24th district in the Tennessee Senate. Herron was elected in 2013 as the Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman and served until 2015.
