Tammy R. Exum is a teacher and politician from Connecticut. She is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 2019, when she won the special election. Formerly, she was a member and later the Vice Chair of the West Hartford, Connecticut Board of Education. She was also very active in the school community working the PTA and more. She is a member of the Democratic Party.^[3][4]

Exum earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and a master's degree in Business Administration.^[5]

Exum was a public school teacher. Later, she was elected to the West Hartford, Connecticut Board of Education.

Since 2019, Exum has been a member of the, Administration and Elections Committee, Environment Committee, and the Banking Committee, all in the Connecticut House of Representatives.^[6][7] In Exum's State Representative district, she represents part of Avon, Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, and West Hartford, Connecticut.^[5]

In 2013, Exum announced her Board of Education candidacy by a YouTube Video. In the 2019 Special Election, Exum beat Republican Robert Margolis by 30%.^[8][9][10] She was reelected in 2020.^[11][12] She is unchallenged.^[6][8]

She lives with her husband, Earl Exum, and three children in West Hartford, Connecticut.^[7]