{"age":79,"biography":"## Education\n- Maryville High School\n- University of Tennessee\n- University of Tennessee Executive Development Program\n\n## Family\n- Married, wife Deborah\n- Two daughters\n- Four grandchildren\n\n## Career\n- Retired Newspaper Publisher\n\n## Committees\n- Chair, Cities & Counties Subcommittee\n- Chair, Cities & Counties Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session\n- Member, Commerce Committee\n- Member, Commerce Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session\n- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee\n- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session\n- Member, Local Government Committee\n- Member, Local Government Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session\n- Member, Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee\n- Member, Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session\n- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee\n- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session\n\n## Community Involvement\n- House member of the 110th through 113th General Assemblies\n- 2010- 2017 Blount County Board of Commissioners (Chair 2011- 2017): Member Budget Committee, Veterans Affairs Committee and Agenda Committee\n- Member National Association of Parliamentarians\n- VFW Post 10855 (Commander 2015-16) Life member Veterans of Foreign War\n- Life member Vietnam Veterans of America\n- Life Member Phi Kappa Phi\n- Beta Gamma Sigma\n- Past Treasurer Tennessee Press Association\n- Member Chilhowee View Community Center\n- Past President United Way of Blount County\n- Past Chair Blount County Industrial Board\n- Past Chair Pellissippi State Community College Foundation\n- Leadership Knoxville class of \u201989\n- Member Executive Committee Blount County Republican Party\n- Member Isaac Anderson Society Maryville College\n\n## Honors & Awards\n- United Veterans of Blount County 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award\n- The National Guard Association of Tennessee Minuteman Award 2022\n- Board Emeritus, Pellissippi State Community College Foundation\n- National Aide de Camp Veterans of Foreign Wars, 2020-2021\n- American Conservative Union Foundation award of Conservative Excellence\n- AMVETS Silver Bayonet Award, 2019\n- Maryville City Schools Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award for 2018\n- All State Commander for Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Tennessee\n- 2015-2016 Captain of the All-State Team Veterans of Foreign Wars Tennessee\n\n## External Links\n[https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H8](https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H8)","birthdate":"Fri, 20 Jun 1947 00:00:00 GMT","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jerome","fullname":"Jerome Moon","lastname":"Moon","office_history":[{"campaigns":[],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"R","primary":null,"term":{"county":null,"electiondate":"2022-11-08","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_008","office_title":"State Representative District 8","party":"R","state":"tn","term_end":"2024-12-31","term_start":"2023-01-01"},"year":2023}],"office_key":"state_house_008","office_title":"State Representative District 8","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":null,"electiondate":"2022-11-08","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_008","office_title":"State Representative District 8","party":"R","state":"tn","term_end":"2024-12-31","term_start":"2023-01-01"}]}],"terms":[{"county":null,"electiondate":"2022-11-08","office":"state_house_008","state":"tn","term_end":"2024-12-31","term_start":"2023-01-01","title":"State Representative District 8"}],"token":"Mm0uGCOAh8"}