Mae Beavers For County Mayor: The Full Story

By Kleinheider Posted on June 10, 2009 at 12:11 pm

J.R. Lind’s breaking story about a potential open Republican state Senate seat in ‘10 is now online:

“I have had a lot of people calling and wanting me to run, and we’ll be making a decision next week or the week after,” she said.

The only announced candidate is former Lebanon Mayor Don Fox.

If Beavers does run for county mayor, it could trigger a domino effect, opening up the Senate seat Beavers, a Republican, has held since 2003.

Republican A.J. McCall, a local businessman who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Stratton Bone last November, said if Beavers runs for mayor, he’ll run for Senate. He had said he would be trying for Bone’s seat again in 2010.

Rep. Susan Lynn, also a Republican, said she would wait on Beavers’ decision before making her own.

“We’ve been represented very well and I would want to wait for any announcement by Sen. Beavers before I state my intentions,” Lynn said.

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Sen. Mae Beavers For Wilson County Mayor?

By Kleinheider Posted on June 9, 2009 at 10:07 pm

Intrepid Lebanon Democrat reporter J.R. Lind is reporting that it’s under consideration:

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House Candidate’s Father Accused Of Contributing Over The Legal Limit

By Kleinheider Posted on October 22, 2008 at 7:35 am

From Tom Humphrey:

It says that Weaver has wrongfully accepted $2,500 in contributions — $500 above the legal limit — from Albert McCall Sr. of Carthage, father of House 46th District Republican candidate A.J. McCall.

Kelly’s complaint says the senior McCall donated $2,000 in April, then another $500 in August. With the latter contribution, the name A.B. McCall was used with a Cartage post office box address instead of his home address.

Rawlins said that donations over the legal limit are within registry jurisdiction, and the matter will be presented to the registry board at its Nov. 12 meeting for a decision on whether to seek a civil penalty. McCall could not be reached for comment.

UPDATE: Bill Hobbs forwards a release dated October 17th that says Weaver corrected the error when she found it. A search of the Post Politics inbox did not yield a copy sent on the 17th.

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