[3] In 2014, Reedy ran for the 74th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, challenging Democratic incumbent John Tidwell, who had held the seat since 1997.
After handily winning the Republican primary, Reedy narrowly defeated Tidwell in the general election with 52% of the vote.
[4] Reedy won re-election in 2016 and 2018 with increasingly dominant margins, and faces no opposition whatsoever in 2020.
[5] In 2019, Reedy vied to replace Glen Casada as Speaker of the House, but lost in an intra-caucus vote to fellow Republican Cameron Sexton.
[6][7] In 2023, Reedy supported a resolution to expel three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules.