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  • Middle Tennessee State University Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    Middle Tennessee State University Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    Secretary of State Tre Hargett presented Middle Tennessee State University with an award for winning the annual Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition in the 4-year public school category.   

  • East Tennessee State University Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    East Tennessee State University Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    Secretary of State Tre Hargett, Senator Rusty Crowe and Representative Rebecca Alexander applaud East Tennessee State University for earning the Best Social Media Campaign award in Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition.

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    Secretary of State Tre Hargett presented the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with an award for earning the Most Creative Voter Registration Campaign in the Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition.

  • Cumberland University Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    Cumberland University Receives Secretary of State’s Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition Award

    Secretary of State Tre Hargett, Senator Mark Pody and Representative Clark Boyd applaud Cumberland University for earning the Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition award in the private university category.

  • Secretary of State Announces Winners of the 2022 Civics Essay Contest

    Secretary of State Announces Winners of the 2022 Civics Essay Contest

    Secretary of State Tre Hargett is proud to announce the 12 Tennessee students who placed in the 2022 Civics Essay Contest.

  • Victims of Human Trafficking Can Protect Their Address with the Secretary of State’s Safe at Home Program

    Victims of Human Trafficking Can Protect Their Address with the Secretary of State’s Safe at Home Program

    For National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Jan. 11 and during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Secretary of State Tre Hargett is encouraging Tennesseans who have been a victim of human trafficking, stalking, domestic abuse or any sexual offense to protect their address with the Safe at Home address confidentiality program.

  • Benton and Maury County Election Administrators Earn State Certification

    Benton and Maury County Election Administrators Earn State Certification

    Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and State Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins recognize Administrators of Elections from Benton and Maury counties for recently passing the Tennessee State Election Commission’s Certification Exam.
     

  • Portrait Photography Exhibit at the Tennessee State Library & Archives is Open for the Holidays

    Portrait Photography Exhibit at the Tennessee State Library & Archives is Open for the Holidays

    This holiday season, the Tennessee State Library & Archives invites visitors to explore their Tennesseans Through the Lens: Portrait Photography in Tennessee exhibit, open now through the end of the year. 
     

  •  Jackson-Madison County Library Receives Technology Grant

    Jackson-Madison County Library Receives Technology Grant

    Senator Ed Jackson, Representative Chris Todd, Representative Johnny Shaw and Secretary of State Tre Hargett supported the Sevier County Public Library System with a $15,735 Training Opportunities for the Public, TOP, Grant to buy wi-fi hotspots, solar charging stations and other computer equipment.

  • Chester County Library Receives Technology Grants

    Chester County Library Receives Technology Grants

    Representative Kirk Haston, Senator Page Walley and Secretary of State Tre Hargett supported the Chester County Library with a $4,324 Training Opportunities for the Public, TOP, Grant to provide computer literacy instructors and hotspots for their patrons and a $1,847 Technology Grant for new software and computers. 

  • Dyer County Public Libraries Receives Technology Grant

    Dyer County Public Libraries Receives Technology Grant

    Senator Ed Jackson, Representative Rusty Grills and Secretary of State Tre Hargett supported the Newbern City Library and McIver’s Grant Public Library with Technology Grants.

  • Obion County Public Library Receives Technology Grants

    Obion County Public Library Receives Technology Grants

    Senator John Stevens, Representative Rusty Grills, Representative Chris Hurt and Secretary of State Tre Hargett supported the Obion County Public Library with a $14,505 Training Opportunities for the Public, TOP, Grant to provide solar charging stations for their patrons and a $3,658 Technology Grant.

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Secretary of State Tre Hargett

Tre Hargett was elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to serve as Tennessee’s 37th secretary of state in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021. Secretary Hargett is the chief executive officer of the Department of State with oversight of more than 300 employees. He also serves on 16 boards and commissions, on two of which he is the presiding member. The services and oversight found in the Secretary of State's office reach every department and agency in state government.

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