Who’s Funding Tennessee’s Next Governor? Part two.
Congressman John Rose serves on the House Agriculture and House Financial Services Committees in his role as Representative for the 6th Congressional District. He is one of three Republicans running to serve as our Tennessee Governor.
Who’s Funding Tennessee’s Next Governor? Part one.
Stand for Health Freedom released a voter guide for the three gubernatorial candidates this week. They revealed that Senator Marsha Blackburn has only received 22% of her donations from within Tennessee. She has received $6.7 million in donations, has not put in any of her own money and has received $454,200 from 44 PACs.
The Tennessee Legislative Report Card
Now in our 2nd year of managing the Tennessee Legislative Report Card, let’s take a look at the features available to the public promoting transparency in the legislative process. To our knowledge, this is the only legislative scorecard in existence that gives such an exhaustive view of each legislator including vote scores, leadership grades, campaign […]
Campaign shenanigans in the Tri-Cities targeting conservative candidate, Bobby Harshbarger
An ethics complaint has been filed against a conservative candidate for State Senate, Bobby Harshbarger. The complaint alleges that there is coordination between the campaign and the East Tennessee Conservatives PAC which has so far sent out texting campaigns regarding the voting record of the incumbent in the race, Senator Jon Lundberg. The irony is […]
It is starting to get incredibly difficult to tell the left from the right. The tactics are the same.
The only people who really seem to enjoy the muck and mire of political gamesmanship are the politicians themselves, the campaign consultant firms, and the pundits who make a living from gaining access to the players of the game. But as for the people, the voters, it is clear that there is a great amount […]
The bizzarro world of Tennessee’s Republican Party is embarrassing.
Many in Tennessee are finally waking up to the realization that the Republican Party you have been sold is far from the party that actually represents you at the Capitol in Nashville. There is a natural tendency to expect that the people we send to represent us in Nashville are the best of us and […]
Handpicked puppet of the state kills the bill to protect our primary elections.
You might have heard someone talk about “closing the primaries” here in Tennessee. What exactly does that mean? In Tennessee, you simply become a registered voter, and at the time of registration; you do not declare an affiliated party. During a primary election, a voter simply declares their party affiliation at the time of voting. […]
Tennessee’s Star Chambers and the Unbridled Authority of Elected Officials and Bureaucratic Minions
For many in Tennessee, reading is hard. Even the most accomplished persons within the halls of our government seem to have great difficulty discerning the meaning of words and phrases enshrined in our documents which govern the limits on their authority. Back in 2020, Tennessee Stands made a lot of noise about the limits on […]
Silencing conservatives using ear tingling words like reform and transparency.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? What good and fair-minded conservative would be against more transparency and campaign finance reform? Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton and his RINO henchman, Sam Whitson are using the guise of a campaign finance reform bill to stuff in a small and seemingly insignificant section of the 12-page bill that has […]