[4] In October 2021, Roberts rode his bicycle 100 miles to raise money and awareness for Humphreys County flood victims.

[5] Born in Bedford, Indiana, Kerry graduated from Bloomington High School North in 1979 and Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1983.

owns Resource Network LLC, a company that provides accounting, finance, and technology professionals on a temporary or contract basis.

[11] Roberts previously served on the Health, Government Operations, and Environment and Tourism Senate committees.

[12] Roberts sponsored legislation to create a “supplemental insurance program — commonly called a Katie Beckett waiver — to assist families of children with medically complex needs, regardless of their income.” Started by President Ronald Reagan, Tennessee was the last state to adopt a Katie Beckett waiver.

[13] Roberts sponsored the Fresh Start Act to “ensure that licensing authorities do not deny applications for professional licenses due to prior criminal convictions unless they are directly related to the profession, with the exception of certain felonies.” [14][15] Roberts won the Senate District 18 Republican Primary on January 20, 2011.

[25] Roberts’ website posted “His voting record demonstrates consistent support of higher education including the vote to make Tennessee one of the first states in the nation to provide two years of free college or technical education to high school graduates.” [26] In August 2020 during a special legislative session, Roberts was surrounded by protestors in Nashville.

[27] In a response published by Gannett, Roberts said those in the national media missed his point: he was defending the right of the protestors to protest.