Dunlap graduated from Warren County High School in 1996, third in a class of 400.[citation needed] Dunlap earned his BA in political science with honors from the University of Tennessee in 2000, and his Master's in Secondary Education in 2002 from the same university.
Politics
According to the American Conservative Union he is one of the most conservative Democratic politicians in any state legislature.[3] He voted for a bill on transgender students and restrooms.[4] He co-sponsored a Bill designating the Bible as the state book. He is and advocate for workers issues.[5]
Elections
2014 Dunlap won the August 7, 2014 Democratic Primary, with 3,579 votes,[6] and the November 4, 2014 General election, with 6,561 votes.[7] Dunlap had a winning margin of 54 votes over his opponent, Republican Robert Dunham, who took 6,507 votes.