Greg “Lumpy†Lambert is telling people that he is not going to run for re-election as a county commissioner, according to the Metro Pulse.
Tim Hutchison said he is in fact running for Knox County Mayor. He was asked about his pension and how that would effect his salary as Mayor if elected.
City council candidates fundraising totals are out. Most of the money was raised for the second district race against Ken Knight and Duane Grieve.
Will Rep Mike Bell have opposition in his run to replace retiring state senator Dewayne Bunch? Representatives Kevin Brooks (R) and Eric Watson (R) said they would need more time to think about it. Humphrey with the details.
Tennessee Taxpayers Association is at odds with Tim Burchett over his votes on taxes while in the senate. Burchett will be at our December meeting so come out and talk to him about it in person. (H/T AC)
Former, appointed, Knox County Commissioner Victoria DeFreese doesn’t want the commission to spend 1.4 million dollars of federal money on the H1N1 vaccine. “It would appear to me that some pharmaceutical company or some contractor (has a) good racket jobâ€.
A copy of the email complete with links to youtube.
Is there a third candidate for Knox county mayor that has not announced?
Public Trust PAC Endorses Knoxville City Candidates. A few of the candidates they indorsed were: Nick Pavlis, Ken Knight, and Gerry Holman.
Memphis Democrat Rep. Joe Towns is having trouble finding all those pesky financial documents for the money he raised. Don’t worry, he’s looking. Humphrey has the details.
Ben Cunningham links the Tax Foundation: Tax Rates will have to TRIPLE to close deficit.
State Sen Dewayne Bunch (R) is retiring. State Rep Mike Bell (R) has announced he will be running to replace Bunch. Humphrey will the details.
Kleinheider has a video of Senator Bob Corker making a good point on ObamaCare and it’s negative impact on the future.
Will Kent Williams be allowed to run as a Republican again? Tennessee Republican party chairman Chris Devaney said he told the House speaker that, "Your hurdle is high." Let me translate that for Kent: with every additional seat we win in the house, the hurdle grows.
Tim Burchett named Dean Rice as his senior campaign adviser in his bid for Knox County Mayor.
Kathleen Starnes, Davidson County GOP Chairwoman, endorsed a conservative but not the Republican candidate? Kathleen joins Fred Thompson in endorsing New York congressional candidate Doug Hoffman. The RNC and the RNCC have endorsed Scozzafava. Why have an RNC (and RNCC) if they are going to run democrats as Republicans? And the RNC wonders why it has trouble raising money. Look how they spend it!
State House District 62 Round-Up
Republican Pat Marsh won a decisive victory (56% to 41%) in the special election to replace Curt Cobb in state house district 62. This brings the balance of the house to 51-48-1 and the Republican’s have a real majority. Kent who?
The democrats are in full-on panic mode. I can’t get enough of it so here is a huge collection of links:
TN GOP Statement
Election Day Afternoon In HD 62 With Knock & Drag Underway
A Good Surname, A Yellow Dog Dem District And A Pro-Life Endorsement
Republican wins state house special election
Democrat Disaster: Pat Marsh Beats Ty Cobb in House District 62
Courting a Dewey Defeats Truman Moment..
Republican Marsh wins House seat long held by Dems
LANDSLIDE: Marsh, GOP win in TN House 62
Marsh tops Cobb in special election
GOP Wrests Control of Seat in State House
Former Sheriff Tim Hutchison files to run against Tim Burchett for Knox County mayor.
On a side note, Tim Burchett is reporting that he has raised over $100k. One has to wonder how much of that is from the 64k+ in his State Senate campaign account?
Daily News | Ben Farmer | 
October 29, 2009 9:47 am | 
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