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Diana Harshbarger

Diana Harshbarger

RepublicanU.S. Representative, TN-1
Age66 (b. 1960-01-01)
GenderFemale
In office since2021-01-03 (~5 yrs)
Race / ethnicityWhite
ReligionChristian (Baptist)
EducationGraduated Ketron High School, Kingsport, TN (1978); attended East Tennessee State University; Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Atlanta, GA (1987)
Prior occupationLicensed pharmacist (since 1987) and business owner; co-owner/operator of Premier Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Kingsport, TN; former board member of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
Military serviceNo
BirthplaceKingsport, Tennessee
Marital statusMarried — Robert Henry (Bob) Harshbarger Jr.
Children1
ResidenceKingsport, Tennessee
Notable relativesSon Bobby Harshbarger, Republican Tennessee State Senator (District 4), elected 2024; husband Bob Harshbarger ran for Sullivan County Commission (2026)

Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.

Career & politics

First elected2020
CommitteesCommittee on Energy and Commerce · Subcommittee on Health (Vice Chair) · Subcommittee on Energy · Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
CaucusesFreedom Caucus · Republican Study Committee · GOP Doctors Caucus · Congressional Western Caucus · Rural Broadband Caucus · Tennessee Valley Corridor Caucus
LeadershipVice Chair, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (since July 2025)
IdeologyConservative Republican; member of the House Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Committee; strong Trump supporter who voted to sustain objections to 2020 election certification
Signature legislationHALT (Halt All Lethal Trafficking) of Fentanyl Act - bipartisan, signed into law July 2025 · H.R. 5526, Seniors' Access to Critical Medications Act of 2024 (passed House)

Financial

Net worth: disclosed + (2020) · estimate

Adobestock · 2020
Alphabet (Google)stock · 2020
Amazonstock · 2020
Premier Pharmacy Inc.business_owned

Scandals & crimes ledger

No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.