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October 12, 2006
Oh, man, that's Lowe
Sorry -- that title was supposed to be Finney. (I'll be here all week.)
At least there are a couple of interesting races in the Tennessee Senate. I'm working on a roundup of the whole legislative body (or, rather, the half that is up for election this year), and it is disheartening to keep copying and pasting "[incumbent so-and-so] is unopposed."
That's definitely not the case out in District 27, where Sen. Don McLeary, a former conservative Democrat who recently switched to wearing the GOP gang colors, is under serious strategic attack by the whole TNDP, who have found another conservative Democrat, Lowe Finney, to run against him.
Inside baseball types have consistently predicted that McLeary will hang onto his seat, given that many of the rural conservatives who voted him in as a Democrat likely vote Republican just as often (but will they this year?). I'm not so sure. I am not foolish enough to say "leans Dem" or anything, but I can't make a prediction. That's partly because I don't know if I've ever even been to the area of Tennessee represented here. I'm not counting driving through a couple of times on I-40.
Fortunately, there are good bloggers all over this fine state. Newscoma is a lot closer to the action in District 27, so I suggest that you follow the analysis there; and do let me know if there are others writing about this race.
State Senate Elections | By joe lance | 08:49 AM