{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nSabi \"Doc\" Kumar is running as a Republican in the August 6, 2026 primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 66, representing Robertson County [1][2]. He has held the seat since January 2015 and was re-elected in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 [1]. He chairs the House Insurance Committee [1][2].\n\n## Documented disputes and controversies\nIn 2023, Kumar supported a resolution to expel three Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Justin Jones, from the legislature for violating decorum rules during a gun-control protest at the State Capitol; the expulsion was widely described as unprecedented [1]. Ahead of the vote, Jones said Kumar was being used to put \"a brown face to white supremacy\"; Kumar has said Jones pointed a finger in his face and told him \"they will never accept you\" [1]. Kumar ran as a pledged delegate for Nikki Haley in the 2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary [1].\n\n## Background and education\nSarbjeet \"Sabi\" Kumar was born July 14, 1947, in Amritsar, British India [1]. He earned his medical degree from Amritsar Medical College, immigrated to the United States in 1970, and completed his residency and fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami from 1971 to 1977 [1].\n\n## Career\nKumar moved to Springfield, Tennessee, in 1977 and practiced as a general and vascular surgeon at NorthCrest Medical Center before retiring [1][2]. He holds five patents, including the \"Kumar Clamp\" and \"Kumar Catheters,\" gallbladder-surgery devices used nationally and internationally [1]. He was first elected to the Tennessee House in 2014, winning a five-candidate Republican primary with 44% of the vote and an unopposed general election, and took office in January 2015 as the first Indian American elected to the Tennessee State House [1].\n\n## Family\nKumar lives in Springfield with his wife, Linda, a registered nurse. Their daughter, Nina, is an attorney in Nashville [1]. He is a Methodist [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Sabi \"Doc\" Kumar \u2013 Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabi_%22Doc%22_Kumar) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[2] [Representative Sabi 'Doc' Kumar \u2013 TN General Assembly](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/archives/110GA/members/h66.html)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_066","county":"Robertson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"TN House District 66"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Sabi \"Doc\"","fullname":"Sabi \"Doc\" Kumar","lastname":"Kumar","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_066","contest_title":"TN House District 66","county":"Robertson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_066","office_title":"State Representative District 66","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"R","primary":{"contest":"state_house_066","contest_title":"TN House District 66","county":"Robertson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_066","office_title":"State Representative District 66","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house_066","office_title":"State Representative District 66","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"C7OQWC0Oys"}