Diane Black

Diane Black
Chair of the House Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 2017  January 11, 2018
Acting: January 3, 2017 – February 16, 2017
Preceded byTom Price
Succeeded bySteve Womack
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 6th district
In office
January 3, 2011  January 3, 2019
Preceded byBart Gordon
Succeeded byJohn Rose
Member of the Tennessee Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 2005  November 22, 2010
Preceded byJo Ann Graves
Succeeded byFerrell Haile
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 45th district
In office
January 1999  January 2005
Preceded byRandy Stamps
Succeeded byDebra Maggart
Personal details
Born
Diane Lynn Warren

(1951-01-16) January 16, 1951
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
David Black
(m. 1980)
Children3
EducationAnne Arundel Community College
Belmont University (BSN)

Diane Lynn Black (née Warren; born January 16, 1951) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from January 3, 2011, to January 3, 2019. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. A Republican, she was previously elected to the Tennessee Senate, serving as floor leader of the Republican Caucus. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election.