House Speaker Beth Harwell wants to expel embattled Rep. Jeremy Durham from the Tennessee House of Representatives if he chooses not to resign. Although the Tennessee Constitution states it would take a two-thirds vote of the House to expel a…
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Gossip Prompts State GOP Leaders to Turn on Fellow Legislator
As two of the highest-ranking Republicans in Tennessee called on embattled Rep. Jeremy Durham to resign from the legislature, the Franklin Republican vowed Monday to remain in his seat and campaign for re-election. The joint announcement from House Speaker Beth…
Read MoreAs the GOP Caves, Will Local Conservatives Vote for Donald Trump?
Late Thursday night, National Review, the storied conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley, published an issue denouncing Donald Trump. “Trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist who would trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor…
Read MoreTN Will Matter to the GOP This Time Around
The rallies are big, the field operations extensive and the expectations for candidate visits are high. It’s not quite Iowa, but Tennessee — a state long ignored until much later in the cycle, and then often just turned to for…
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