Word on the street that I've heard today is that former Representative for the 76th, Mark Maddox, will be repeating his run from 2010. For any blue viewed person here in West Tennessee we can breathe a little easier. Sadly, Mr. Maddox will no longer be representing me personally in the Tennessee Legislature....due to redistricting of course. I'm currently stuck with Curtis Halford, and no democrat to run against him at this time.
This brings me to Roy Herron's soon-to-be open State Senate seat. I'm not quite sure why we are not finding Democrats to run campaigns for these seats. No one has, as of yet, stepped up as a potential Democratic candidate against Herron. If people aren't really paying attention to the outlook here in Tennessee, right now is the time for Dems to strike. The perfect time to take back our seats and our state. As we saw in our state's primary on Super Tuesday, Tennessee went to right-wing extremist, Rick Santorum. Turnout was not impressive.
Our pool of elected Republican officials (i.e. Fincher, Holt, Wirgau, etc.) are proving to be worthless at the state and federal level. Andy Holt has sponsored or co-sponsored useless legislation to increase gun rights/accessibility on college campuses, a bill targeted at unions and their ability to picket by making mass picketing a criminal offense, and a bill that we know is ultimately not meant to defend students that are not Christian, especially if used in conjunction with bill that allows those who say its okay to bully if their religious or political beliefs follow suit. (whatever happened to the separation of church and state that our founding fathers put there as a means to not allow religion to be forced on someone?) If constituents would actually look at what their elected official (Holt & Fincher specifically) and what bills they sponsor, how they vote on other bills that would personally affect them, I would guarantee that they more than likely would not vote for them a second time and make them a one term wonder. This is my plea. Let's get Mark elected and get Andy "BOLT" Holt (because he bolted to Hawaii for a new truck and bolts from hard hitting questions that he knows he couldn't answer without backlash or negative reactions) out of office. Let's get some Democrats on the ticket against Fincher, Halford and the slew of Republican contenders who have thrown their name in the hat for Senator Herron's seat.
If you or someone you know are considering running for office I encourage you to send me a message or comment with an email to contact you at so that we can get you in touch with the right people. So Northwest Tennesseeans, let's bring our region and the entire state back to the great state it once used to be. Let's take hatred, bigotry, and every other scare tactic the extremists throw at us out of play. Smile. shrug it off, and know that what they do and say doesn't matter. We are the party for the people of this state. We are the party that does, not just talks. So let's do it!!
One last note, Thank you Mark Maddox!!!!
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