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November 11, 2007
Bob and Bill — and Lamar!
Last week, I commented on the fact that while Democratic candidate Andy Berke, one of two men seeking to replace Ward Crutchfield in the Tennessee Senate's 10th District, had lined up the support of big party names in these final days of the election, while the Republicans had not announced any such support for their candidate, Oscar Brock.
Well, that seems to have changed suddenly. In what was described as a "last-minute visit," U.S. Senator Bob Corker campaigned with Brock yesterday, 11/10; and also, word came recently that Corker, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, and former U.S. Sen. Bill Brock (Oscar's dad) will appear at a special event on Monday, 11/12.
Also of note is that both Bob Corker and Phil Bredesen are in town for other reasons. Gov. Bredesen is the featured speaker at the Hamilton County Democrats' annual Kefauver dinner on Monday evening (also where, it should be pointed out, Mike McWherter is being billed as "US Senate Candidate"); and Sen. Corker is speaking at a luncheon Tuesday. (UPDATE: My mistake, the luncheon isn't until a week from Tuesday.) I'm not saying that they wouldn't have come to support their respective parties' nominees without those other engagements in place (after all, Lamar Alexander is), but the calendar is a tough thing to manage, and so it was undoubtedly convenient to have these other events lined up nearby.
State Senate Elections | By joe lance | 09:50 AM