That's crazy.
How would he support himself if he got elected?
But that's a moot point, because Woodson is a juggernaut and would mortally whip his butt. Nichols got appointed AG and was appointed to the bench before that. He's never had a fight like this one would be. Jamie Woodson's no Jimmy Kyle Davis.

Neither candidate is worth getting excited about.

You can see what sort of folks give money to Woodson (and other folks)

Haslam's, various developers, etc.

Tennessee Online Campaign Finance Database
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Might provide an idea what Nichols would be battling

Yes, I did help Sen. Woodson on that campaign, and was proud to do so.

But it would be wrong to think it had anything to do with where I worked or who I worked for.

I have supported her and volunteered on virtually every one of her campaigns, from her first run for the House through her last re-election to the Senate.

She's smart, works hard and delivers. She played a huge, pivotal role in getting the BEP reopened, which gets Knox County schools at least $19m a year more in funding because the formula had flaws.

Running against Sen. Woodson is not a wise political decision, but she'll be glad to take them all on. As Betty pointed out, they even redrew her district to try and beat her and she still won. Convincingly.

Your conversation reminded me of the news story during the campaign that some punk kids with spray paint had vandalized some of Billy's signs. The "s" had been painted over and the signs read "Billy Tokes".

Mike Ragsdale spoke at a Stokes rally at Howard Phillips'auction barn. He was clearly for Billy, as was I. -- s.

is a member of Hutch's crowd......so you would expect he would turn out his machine to help her.
Nichols might want to escape his DA job but I can't see him being able to beat Woodson. If he wanted to escape he should have tried to get an appointment to a state job from Bredesen.

Not heard this one.Woodson vs Nichols
Dont see it happenin but who knows.

Jamie's beatin the fool outa the boyz club.
Bratton,Kisbeth & Stokes.

Paul Crilly,in the '98 GOP state house primary,is the only one to get close.

Jamie-3,589
Paul-3,186

Given that..Jamie's first hurdle would be a conservative challenge in a Republican purity primary.

What I mean is that a Republican challenger would run as the real Reagan conservative & paint Jamie as a RHINO.

The conservative primary challenger would take her record as chair of the education committee & ask What would Reagan do??

With respect to Nichols running I havent heard this & next time I see Randy I'll ask him about it.

I can't come up with a single name who could beat her in her district. . . .

I perceive Nichols as way too smart for this.

I've always found it a hoot..that Paul is only
candidate to get close.

No I dont think she will get beat.

Jamie Woodson's problem is she's in charge of the state's education committee, but she hasn't put any of her own kids into preschool, packed their own lunch, or reviewed a child's report card. No real world experience, it's all academic looking down on it from above. Same goes for Burchette, they're both creates of their own existence, living in a vaccum, passing laws on things they can't experience on their own.

On the other hand, Haslam has put his kids through school, on through college and he knows first hand the stuff that is important in education.

I doubt he would waste his time fooling with a chinchy state senate seat, he's more than qualified to take Jimmy Duncan out, but I think he's just comfortable being Bill, defining himself, not letting some silly elected office define him.

Why would someone like Sen. Mark Norris out of Memphis donate $1000 to Woodson?

Smart City Memphis blog missive on Norris...
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