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Endorsing Padgett

By Kleinheider Posted on June 11, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Some interesting folks are lining up behind U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Mike Padgett in his race against Bob Tuke. Some are no surprise. Randy Button is a former partner in the firm running the campaign, for example. Some other names have a bit of pop to them, however.

Former Democratic Caucus Chair and anticipated Secretary of State candidate Randy Rinks along with fellow house members Joe Armstrong, Eddie Bass and Dennis Ferguson are all on board as is Democratic Party icon, Anna Belle Clement O’Brien. A powerful player in Memphis, always nice for an East Tennessean to have, is also on the team.

Most intriguing, however, is the name of Jeremy Kane, founder and school director of LEAD Academy. Perhaps it’s a stereotype, and I’ve never met the man, but one would not expect a charter school pioneer barely in his third decade of life to immediately gravitate towards a good ole boy like Padgett.

The only Davidson Countian on the list, Kane’s endorsement hits Tuke where he lives.

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5 Responses to “Endorsing Padgett”

  1. GoldnI writes
    June 11th, 2008 6:26 pm

    I’ve met them both, and really, Padgett isn’t any more of a “good ole boy” than Tuke is.

  2. Kleinheider writes
    June 11th, 2008 6:34 pm

    Maybe we need to define “good ole boy” but I’ve met them both and I don’t see how you can say that.

    The simplest way I could put it is that you could mistake Tuke for being from somewhere other than the South. Padgett, not so much.

  3. GoldnI writes
    June 12th, 2008 9:33 am

    “you could mistake Tuke for being from somewhere other than the South”

    Really?

  4. State Senator Lowe Finney Endorses Padgett For Senate : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    June 12th, 2008 2:29 pm

    [...] up yesterday’s endorsement list which featured Shelby County Commisioner Sidney Chism, the Mike Padgett for Senate campaign is [...]

  5. Lenny Ladner writes
    June 22nd, 2008 5:14 pm

    Is it better to be endorsed or to endorse???
    6/22/08

    Is it better to be endorsed by 22 individual politicians who support and profit by an increase in the size, cost, reach and power of the government.
    Or is it better to endorse an idea whose time has come. That is stopping the growth of government and rolling it back in the reverse fashion it was expanded.

    I will vote NO on any increase in the size, cost, reach or power of the government.

    Lenny Ladner

    http://www.ladner4ussenate.com

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