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Randy McNally
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| 50th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee Speaker of the Tennessee Senate |
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| Assumed office January 10, 2017 |
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| Governor | Bill Haslam Bill Lee |
| Preceded by | Ron Ramsey |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 5th district |
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| Assumed office January 13, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Buzz Elkins |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 33rd district |
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| In office January 9, 1979 – January 13, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | A. Keith Bissell |
| Succeeded by | David Coffey |
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James Rand McNally III
January 30, 1944 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Janice McNally |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Memphis (BS) University of Tennessee, Memphis (MPharm) |
James Rand McNally III (born January 30, 1944) is an American politician. He is the 50th lieutenant governor of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party, he has been the state senator from the 5th district since 1987.
Early life and education
McNally was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later graduated from Oak Ridge High School, Tennessee in 1962, obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) from Memphis State University in 1967, and graduated from University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in 1969.
Career
Beginning in the late 1960s, he worked as a pharmacist in chain drug stores. In 1978, he began employment as a hospital pharmacist at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. McNally has served in the Tennessee General Assembly since 1979. He was elected to the 91st through 94th General Assemblies as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was a key figure in the Operation Rocky Top investigation in the late 1980s, when he worked undercover to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation obtain evidence on political corruption in the Tennessee state government.
He moved to the State Senate for the 95th General Assembly in 1987 and has served there continuously since then. McNally was a candidate for lieutenant governor and Speaker of the Senate in 2007, but fellow Republican Ron Ramsey was elected. On January 10, 2017, he was elected lieutenant governor and Senate Speaker by the state senate.
Personal life
McNally is Roman Catholic. He and his wife, Janice, have two daughters.
In February 2023, McNally underwent emergency heart surgery after having symptoms of an irregular heartbeat. Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center installed a pacemaker for McNally. He returned to the Tennessee Senate one week later.
