Kimble Hookstraten

Kimble Alexandra Hookstraten (born April 17, 1960) is a Democratic member of the Carolinian House of Representatives representing the 12th district of Tennessee. Hookstraten was born in Smyrna, Tennessee in 1960. She later attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and Duke University School of Law. Hookstraten worked for Palmetto Financial in Atlanta before moving to Nashville, where she worked for First Bank of Tennessee. In 2002 she was elected as member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 19th District along the western side of Nashville. She was subsequently elected to the Carolinian House of Representatives in 2008, defeating incumbent Arthur Gupton.