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Greg Vital

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ108555660
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Greg Vital (born January 27, 1956) is an American businessman and Republican politician who represents the 29th District in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was first elected to that seat in a special election on September 14, 2021, replacing the late Mike Carter. The district includes much of eastern Hamilton County, including the Ooltewah and Georgetown communities.

Biography

Greg Vital has lived in the Ooltewah-Georgetown area since approximately the early 1970s. He received a business degree from Southern Adventist University. Vital began work as an executive with a healthcare provider before cofounding Morning Pointe Senior Living in the mid-1990s. The company owns and operates senior living and Alzheimer's care facilities in five states.

Vital previous served on the Collegedale city commission. He narrowly lost a primary challenge to state senator Todd Gardenhire in 2012.

Election and tenure

After the death of Mike Carter in May 2021, Vital announced his candidacy for the seat on June 14, 2021.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 2021, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Greg, Vital and American can be independently traced.
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