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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?