Stewart Rollering Up In Fourteen

By Kleinheider Posted on June 2, 2008 at 8:22 am

Eric Stewart, a candidate for the Democratic nomination in District 14, has a brand new website with lots of bells and whistles including Twitter and YouTube Channels:

However, what intrigues Post Politics most about this Democratic candidate’s bold attempt to unseat an incumbent Democratic Senator, is not so much the web-savvy of his campaign, but the money that funds it.

In a report filed in April, Stewart reported just under $40,000 in campaign contributions — contributions which do not include a $50,000 loan from the candidate himself.

It would seem as though Mr. Stewart is for real and looking to get at the specially elected Sen. Steve Roller before his incumbency gets ensconced with a full term.

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Tags: District 14, Eric Stewart, Steve Roller, Tennessee State Senate  

Where Is Dee Love?

By Kleinheider Posted on May 12, 2008 at 1:57 pm

Senate Democratic Caucus spokesman Mark Brown comments on the attempt to unseat GOP State Senator Jim Tracy in the Shelbyville Times Gazette:

“We have an A-list candidate in Jean Ann Rogers,” said Mark Brown, communications director for the Tennessee Senate Democratic Caucus. “We feel that this is a winnable seat. It’s a swing district…. Frankly, we feel like the people of Senate District 16 are looking for a change.”

Problem here, of course, is that there are TWO candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in this race. Both Rodgers and a woman named Dee Butler filed to run in the Democratic primary. Butler, in these times of racially divisive Democratic politics, also happens to be an African-American candidate.

Mark Brown, via email, explains his oversight in the third person:

The Caucus spokesperson isn’t the brightest bulb in the pack. The reporter asked him about Jean Anne Rogers and he responded as reported, without thinking that he should add that Dee Butler is an a-list candidate, too. One of many moments of idiocy from this spokesperson.

Rogers and Butler are both A-list candidates. The Democratic nominee for SD16 will be a strong candidate, regardless of who wins the primary.

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Tags: Dee Butler, Jean Ann Rodgers, Jim Tracy, Mark Brown, Tennessee State Senate