Tennessee voters, we have to do better than Ken Yager.
The recent arrest of Tennessee State Senator Ken Yager in Georgia on charges of DUI and hit-and-run is a stark reminder of the critical importance of active and informed participation in our electoral process. Despite such concerning behavior, it’s noteworthy that 77% of primary voters in Senate District 12 supported his candidacy against a conservative […]
Abortion and the new 2024 Republican Platform
The new 2024 Republican Platform adopted in Milwaukee on July 8th now departs from a federal defense of life and a defense of biblical marriage. The former 58-page robust 2016 platform took a strong stance against the 2015 SCOTUS Obergefell ruling and sought to defend family values and marriage between one man and one woman. […]
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 […]
Why does the GOP continue to keep conservatives off of primary ballots?
This story is nothing new here in Tennessee. The establishment is up to their same ‘ole tricks using GOP bylaws as well as state law to protect incumbents from more conservative primary challengers. Nate Dressel is a husband, father, small business owner (Frontier Coffee Company), Army Green Beret, and Master Sgt. in the Tennessee National […]
We must stop playing the middle, before it’s too late.
It is no secret that establishment players in the GOP find me to be divisive. They believe that I have a goal to divide the party. “Can’t we all just get along,” is often their mantra. But the way I see it, we are in the fight of our lives. Am I wrong? The Chamber […]
State GOP bylaws applied differently county by county.
Washington County is the latest to find that the GOP bylaws they have been referring to for years are now suddenly changing. Kurt Fagerburg is a Republican and has been diligently and loyally voting Republican for twenty years. He’s served as Washington County Young Republicans President. And he’s shown up to participate in reorganizations consistently […]
2023 Williamson County GOP Reorganization Shenanigans
Conservatives & Democrats Team Up Today On The House Floor – Crazy, Right?
We have watched here in Tennessee over the last few election cycles some really good conservative candidates get kicked off of the Republican Primary ballot for a variety of reasons. Of course, the committee likes to say that they are just following the bylaws. But you and I both know that sometimes those bylaws only […]
A Republican-created medical monopoly in East Tennessee.
Republicans are supposed to be for a free and fair market – for capitalism, an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state, where competition and who is successful, is regulated and decided by consumers. But some Republicans in Tennessee […]