Steve Godsey (born June 25, 1955) was the County Mayor of Sullivan County, Tennessee from 2006 until 2014 when Richard Venable was elected.
[2][3] He worked for many years as a small business owner selling used cars.
[4] A Republican, Godsey represented the 1st District, which encompasses part of Sullivan County, in the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 100th through 104th Tennessee General Assemblies.
Sullivan County elects its mayors on a partisan basis.
In 2013, to mark the National Day of Prayer, Godsey delivered a speech at the Sullivan County Courthouse in which he railed against Barack Obama, asserting that the president was "embarrassing us" with a "disgraceful" telephone call to National Basketball Association player Jason Collins, who had recently come out as gay.