Tre Will Brook No Thompson

By Kleinheider Posted on January 30, 2009 at 7:29 pm

The new Secretary of State is looking to make a few changes:

New Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, a former Bartlett resident, said he is interviewing candidates to replace State Elections Coordinator Brook Thompson.

The new combined Republican majority in the Tennessee House and Senate earlier last month elected Hargett to replace Democrat Riley Darnell as secretary of state.

The secretary of state’s responsibilities include overseeing businesses, charities and elections.

Thompson has agreed to stay on as elections coordinator until his replacement is hired.

The Republican majority in the General Assembly is also causing a restructuring of the state’s 95 county elections commissions. Under state law, the majority party in the Legislature gets three representatives on those panels, while the minority party gets two.

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