In a potential preview of Williamson County’s 2026 state Senate race, the “Elevate 2025” candidate eased this week in a fight to run the Republicans from the right past “Williamson County Conservatives.”
Although they were not on the ballot, Tennessee’s Gary Humble stood against Jack Johnson, Senate Majority Leader, whose candidate Brian Clifford, had not reached the humble group Steve Hickey for the party’s chairman despite heavy spending.
Williamson County resident Gov. Bill Lee and his wife were sitting next to Johnson, who spent the past two years filling his conservative authenticity after a close contest with Humble.
The atmosphere at Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, a proper environment for wealth, was said to be nervous as Hickey scored 796 votes for Clifford’s 751. Politician.
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Humility, who was unable to attend the event due to illness, said he was “blowed away” by the turnout that brought over 1,500 votes to the chairman.
Opponents cast his group as supporters of the Republican Caucus. This was something they obviously brooched, but he denied, instead of primary. Humble said he is more interested in shutting down Republican primary statewide primary so that Democrats cannot stand the results. A bill by Jackson’s Republican Rep. Chris Todd would do the trick.
The victory in “Elevate 2025” has shown continuity from the last two years and is surprisingly similar to Project 2025.
Humble wouldn’t say whether the group’s victory would bring him a victory over Johnson, but he admitted that some people might classify it that way. “That’s not what we were trying to achieve here,” he said.
However, Johnson spearheaded the Williamson County Conservative PAC and asked the first few donors to give money in an effort to remove the Williamson County Republican Committee, according to Humble.
“It’s sad that Jack stole all those people’s money and got mad at the drain,” Humble said.
Nashville businessman Baxter Lee gave the group $5,000 in December 2024, while former Congressional candidate Kurt Winstead kicked $1,000 in January. The remaining financial matters have not been submitted.
State Sen. Todd Warner, a Chapel Hill Republican, including part of Williamson, said it was clear that Johnson is supporting Williamson County conservatives.
“It was very interesting to see the governor and the first lady in Williamson County,” Warner said.
Jake McCalmon, a Republican MP from Franklin, called the outcome “risqué,” but said he would not support the Caucus to select party candidates. He said he was trying to get away from the chairman’s race.
Johnson confirmed he voted for Clifford, director of outdoor recreation for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. (Oddly enough, efforts to demand a primary in local elections flat last year.)
“I’m happy to set a new record for the county party convention. It was a huge turnout and it was great,” Johnson said.
Senate leaders scoffed at the notion that he was worried that the outcome would be seen as a humble victory over him, despite him already starting to run for four years. Humble is still willing to commit to the state Senate campaign.
However, you can feel the collision in some way.
A crowded house
Opponents of the bill allowed migrant students to be driven off without legal documents outside the hallway outside the Senate plenary room on Wednesday after the school board approved the bill 5-4. Three Republicans voted against the bill.
It was the loudest loud crowd in Cordell Hull’s building as little children screaming with parents vented their frustration with lawmakers.
In the midst of claustrophobia, a clear moment was born. Tennessee is preparing to stop immigrant children from going to public schools from kindergarten to high school (is it costing?)
Is this a difficult question? Or is it a hypocritical hypothesis? Maybe it’s both.
Either way, this was far from one of Tennessee’s glorious moments.
now Attorney General Jonathan Skulmetti doesn’t need to use the resources to fight President Joe Biden’s policies.
Gallatin Republican Sen. Ferrell Hale was among the four who voted against the measure. He said Thursday that he doesn’t believe the state should punish children for parents’ mistakes and for government poor immigration policies.
Senator Botson, a Republican who chairs the Treasury Committee, and William Lambers, the leader of the Portland majority, will take responsibility for the school district and determine whether children will require that documents be displayed before they enter classrooms.
They went to the U.S. Supreme Court and Plylerv, a 1982 decision that required public schools to take all children regardless of their immigration status. It doesn’t hurt to want to see a lawsuit overturn Doe.
Be prepared for another legal battle.
On the semi-bright side, attorney general Jonathan Skulmetti doesn’t need to use the resources to fight President Joe Biden’s policies, he can point his lawyers team to defend President Donald Trump’s Tennessee policies.
It could be a cleaning.
Just above the “Rock Bottom”
This week, the House Public Affairs Subcommittee killed the bill of Rep. Bob Freeman, who would have requested lobbyists to identify each bill and legislative action or identify opposition or pay support.
Freeman, a Nashville Democrat, later said it was “unfortunate” that lobbyists and special interest groups have more power than the public and lawmakers.
“I think there are uneven benefits for lobbyists in Tennessee,” Freeman said. This is mainly because there are few staff members who study bills, if any.
He said lawmakers rely on lobbyists to provide information to lobbyists, but sometimes they use it to hide their benefactors of the bill.
“I think Tennessee people should know who’s fighting for the bill, who proposes the bill, who pays people to fight to make them pass,” Freeman said.
Lobbyists need to disclose who they work, but they are not where they stand in those issues. Freeman rejects the notion that it is too difficult to reveal that kind of information.
I think Tennessee people should know who’s fighting for the bill, proposing the bill, paying people to fight to make them pass.
– Rep. Bob Freeman, D-Nashville
Lobbyist Mark Green, who represents lobbyists, said the bill would then dramatically increase workloads. Other lobbyists said the entire legislation must be disclosed.
“We think it represents quite a lot of paperwork and quite a lot of exposure in terms of the possibility of error,” said Green, who should not be confused with Rep. Mark Green. “We go faster and faster each year, and I think we provide this as a marginal utility.”
Freeman’s only question on the committee came from Rep. Warner, who asked if government pay lobbyists would be included in the bill. The committee’s lawyers told him that these people were not qualified as lobbyists.
Anyway, this issue reminds me of what former Senator Bob Ramsey said when referring to the lobbyist. “It makes you the mayor of Rockbottom.” He probably handed out candy to ease the blow.
Out?
A group of 12 Democrats who escaped from the governor’s national speech in February say they are being prevented from passing the bill for the session.
Democrats usually don’t pass many bills anyway, as they only have 24 members in their home. However, things seem to be getting worse this year.
Chattanooga Democrat Yusuf Haekum said it was revealed to him this week that a Republican lawmaker who would have put on security workers across the state to let people know that Republican lawmakers are security and not law enforcement, killed his bill. He said it was supported by the Hamilton County law enforcement agency, as well as the standards and training committee for peace officers.
Hakeem then said he “felt very difficult for us who went out to get our bills. It’s a shame.”
Knoxville Democrat Sam McKenzie said he has the same idea about the impact on boycotters. He came out of state status in protest of the Lee private school voucher bill passed in a special session in February.
“We all represent 70,000 people. What I say (the Republican leader) is that I am a member of their party and I find it very inflamed and very rude,” Mackenzie said.
Asked about the issue Thursday, House Republican Caucus Speaker Jeremy Faison said he didn’t know any coordinated efforts to block those members’ bills, but added whether he would act like a “knucklehead.”
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