Mike Kernell Explained

Mike Kernell
State House:Tennessee
District:93rd
Term Start:January 7, 1975
Term End:January 8, 2013
Predecessor:Brad Martin
Successor:G. A. Hardaway
Birth Date:20 December 1951
Birth Place:Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality:American
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Lillian Landrigan
Children:2
Residence:Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Michael L. Kernell (born December 20, 1951) is an American politician who served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1975 to 2013.

Kernell, a Democrat, was first elected to the Tennessee General Assembly in 1974. He lives in Memphis and represented the 93rd district (a portion of Shelby County).[1] He was Vice Chair of the Government Operations Committee[2] and was a member of the Conservation and Environment Committee, the Parks and Tourism and Wildlife Subcommittee.[3]

Kernell opposed 2004 cutbacks to TennCare,[4] which he criticized for moving the burden of paying for medical care received by the uninsured to local taxpayers.[5]

Political career

Kernell was first elected to the State House in 1974. In the November 2008 elections, he defeated Republican candidate and former Homeland Security agent Tim Cook.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Cook was again the Republican nominee in 2010, and Kernell again defeated him, with 6,478 votes to Cook's 4,518.[10]

Kernell's district was redrawn in 2012 by the Republican-controlled legislature, pitting him against fellow Democratic incumbent G. A. Hardaway in the August 2, 2012 Democratic primary. Kernell lost to Hardaway, ending his 38-year tenure. Hardaway won the primary with 2,927 votes (61.0%),[11] and was unopposed in the November 6, 2012 general election, winning with 16,126 votes.[12]

Personal life

Kernell is married and has two children.[13]

In October 2008, Kernell's son David was indicted by a Tennessee grand jury in connection with the unauthorized access of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo! Mail account;[14] he was convicted April 30, 2010 on two counts of anticipatory obstruction of justice and unauthorized access to a computer, but was acquitted on a charge of wire fraud.[15] Mike Kernell denied knowing anything about the incident.[16] David died in 2018 after complications from progressive multiple sclerosis.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Kernell . 2008-09-21 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064418/http://www.tnstatehousedems.com/view_rep.php?id=32 . July 17, 2011 .
  2. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jun/02/political-notebook/ Political Notebook: Gentlemen, the envelope, please » The Commercial Appeal
  3. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h93.htm Tennessee House of Representatives: Mike Kernell Biography
  4. News: Voters in Shelby County, Tenn., want tax relief . The Commercial Appeal . Richard . Locker . 2004-10-25.
  5. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2005/jan/11/tenncare-to-lose-323000-enrollees/ TennCare to lose 323,000 enrollees » The Commercial Appeal
  6. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/aug/09/state-races-come-into-focus/ State races come into focus » The Commercial Appeal
  7. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/apr/11/election-panel-certifies-57-for-aug-7-02/ Election panel certifies 57 for Aug. 7 ballot » The Commercial Appeal
  8. http://www.electtimcook.com/ Home Page – Tim Cook for Tennessee State Representative District 93
  9. http://www.csg.org/pubs/Election2008/TN.aspx Election Results – The Council of State Governments
  10. http://elections.tn.gov/TNHouse.htm Tennessee Department of State: Elections Home: Elections Results: Unofficial Election Results November 2, 2010: Tennessee House of Representatives Results
  11. Web site: State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Democratic Primary . . Nashville, Tennessee . 200 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313212221/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-08/DemPrimaryPrecinctTotals.pdf . March 13, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  12. Web site: State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 98 . March 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183815/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/TNHousePrecinctTotals.pdf . March 13, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  13. News: Masters . Greg . Trial of Palin hacker gets underway . January 10, 2024 . SC Magazine . April 21, 2010.
  14. Web site: United States Department of Justice press release . Dedrick . James . David C. Kernell Indicted for Alleged Hack of Governor Sarah Palin's E-mail Account . 2008-10-08 . 2008-10-08.
  15. http://cbs2.com/politics/Jury.convicts.palin.2.1667124.html{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  16. News: Man denies hacking Palin e-mail . BBC . 2008-10-09.
  17. News: Poe . Ryan . David Kernell, Germantown High graduate who hacked Sarah Palin's email, dies . January 10, 2024 . . . February 8, 2018.

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