Diana Harshbarger
RepublicanU.S. Representative, TN-1| Age | 66 (b. 1960-01-01) |
| Gender | Female |
| In office since | 2021-01-03 (~5 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White |
| Religion | Christian (Baptist) |
| Education | Graduated 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 occupation | Licensed 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 service | No |
| Birthplace | Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Marital status | Married — Robert Henry (Bob) Harshbarger Jr. |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Notable relatives | Son 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 elected | 2020 |
| Committees | Committee on Energy and Commerce · Subcommittee on Health (Vice Chair) · Subcommittee on Energy · Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations |
| Caucuses | Freedom Caucus · Republican Study Committee · GOP Doctors Caucus · Congressional Western Caucus · Rural Broadband Caucus · Tennessee Valley Corridor Caucus |
| Leadership | Vice Chair, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (since July 2025) |
| Ideology | Conservative Republican; member of the House Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Committee; strong Trump supporter who voted to sustain objections to 2020 election certification |
| Signature legislation | HALT (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
| Adobe | stock · 2020 |
| Alphabet (Google) | stock · 2020 |
| Amazon | stock · 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.