Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Manny Sethi on Thursday announced the campaign’s grassroots support in all 95 counties.
“I am so honored to have support in every corner of Tennessee,” Sethi said in a statement. “From Mountain City to Memphis, and Turtletown to Tiptonville, these grassroots leaders are eager to elect a conservative outsider to the United States Senate. I look forward to adding to this list in the coming months as we work towards victory next August.”
Sethi is running for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN).
“It is a remarkable accomplishment for a campaign to have this level of broad grassroots support this early in a campaign,” said Forrest Barnwell-Hagemeyer, Sethi’s campaign manager. “Conservatives from across the state are hungry for a fresh voice to take on the Washington establishment and support our President. It’s clear that Dr. Manny is the choice of Tennessee conservatives.”
Sethi is an orthopedic trauma surgeon and the founder of Healthy Tennessee, a nonprofit organization that works to promote preventative health care across the state.
Raised in Coffee County, Sethi received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. After college, as a Fulbright Scholar, he worked in Tunisia with children suffering from muscular dystrophy.
He is married with two children, and his family attends McKendree United Methodist Church in Nashville.
Last week, Sethi announced his support for President Donald Trump in the wake of Democrats’ efforts to impeach the Commander-in-Chief.
“The left continues to push for division instead of unity. These impeachment inquiries are nothing more than partisan theatrics. I support President Trump fully and urge Democrats to end this charade.”
“I urge Republicans like Mitt Romney not to join the Democrats, but to stand firm in supporting our President.”
A list of Sethi’s team members in each county follows.
Kathy Adams – Grainger
State Executive Committeeman Rob Ailey – Sevier
Chris Allison – Madison
Cheryl Brown Bailey – Maury
Mitchell Baker – Shelby
Chris Bancroft – Rhea
Les Barnaby – Campbell
Patrick Basler – Jackson
Peter Beasley – Marion
State Executive Committeeman Jerry Beavers – Wilson
Joe Begley – Sullivan
State Executive Committeeman David Bishop – Grainger
Jerri Etta Bishop – Grainger
Dwayne Bledsoe – Hancock
Shirley Boren – Cannon
Sam Boyd – Chester
David Birdsong – Davidson
Rama Brunswick – Cocke
Jim Buchanan – Unicoi
Owen Burnett – Putnam
Dennis Bynum – Putnam
Denise Caffey – Cannon
Jonathan Cantrell – Bradley
Sarah Cantrell – Bradley
Dick Cecil – Washington
Neil B. Chaffin – Davidson
Yvonne Chapman – Shelby
Daniel Chauncey – Claiborne
Scooter Clippard – Davidson
Haley Collins – Union
Ralph Darnell – Hawkins
County Commissioner Gary Deaton – Madison
Fred Decosimo – Hamilton
Kevin Desmond – Knox
Duane Dominey – Davidson
Steven Dube – Giles
Bruce Duncan – Scott
Mike Dunn – Smith
Harvey Durham – McNairy
State Executive Committeeman Robert Duvall – Davidson
Sharon Earley – Blount
Johnny Edwards – Lauderdale
John Eyster-Hamilton
Lisa Eyster – Hamilton
Chrissy Farmer – Sumner
Dr. Hal T. Farmer – Sumner
Gene Fenley – Houston
Peter Ferris – McMinn
Joan Fine – Cocke
Alex Fornsbach – Hardin
Karl Fornsbach – Hardin
Barbara Forrester – Roane
Stanley Forrester – Roane
Steve Frank – Cumberland
Pete Frederick – Hamilton
Laura Frederick-Hamilton
Ken Frye – Smith
Bill Gaines – Unicoi
Sissy Garner – Lawrence
Lisa Gary – Williamson
Rosine Ghawji – Shelby
Tammy Graber – Marion
Vince Gray – Stewart
State Executive Committeewoman Barbara Gregson – Cumberland
State Executive Committeewoman Rebecca Griffey – Henry
County Commissioner Rusty Grills – DyerHunter Grills – Dyer
John Hale – Obion
Howard Haley – Trousdale
Dr. Omar Hamada – Williamson
Colonel Jim Harding – Carroll
Joni Hargrove – Montgomery
Tootie Haskins – Davidson
Kevin Hathaway – Lawrence
David Hayes – Jefferson
Reverend Jeff Heard – Bedford
Deborah Hicks – Gibson
State Executive Committeeman Larry Hillis – Dickson
Paul Holberg – Henry
Amanda Howard – Fentress
State Representative Dan Howell – Bradley
Katherine Hudgins – Rutherford
Summer Jackson – Wayne
Laurie Johnson – Shelby
Reverend Louie Johnston Jr. – Davidson
Benny Jones – Coffee
Dow Jones-Coffee
State Executive Committeewoman Amy Jones – AndersonMartha Jones – Haywood
State Representative Kelly Keisling – Pickett
Jonah Keltner – Lewis
Nomon Kennedy – Monroe
Rodney Kilgore – Marion
Linda Klingmann – Cheatham
Dr. David Knoll – Loudon
Kathryn Knoll – Loudon
Barbara Lancaster – Franklin
Jeff Lane – Jefferson
Reverend Marty Layton – Sumner
Adam Lindsey – Tipton
Olivia Lodge – Greene
Amelia Lopez – Johnson
Lorenzo Lore – Decatur
Kyle Mallory – Stewart
Jennifer Martinez – Shelby
Richard McAlister – Meigs
Laurie McCall – Putnam
State Executive Committeewoman Cyndi Miller – Williamson
Junior Miller – White
Dean Mills – Grainger
Patricia Mills – Grainger
Lobelville Mayor Robby Moore – Perry
Larry Moorehead – Moore
Ben Myers – Warren
County Trustee John Newman – Madison
State Executive Committeewoman Terri Nicholson – Wilson
William Ogles – Monroe
Chris Orindoff – Robertson
Jerry Pangle – Humphreys
Todd Payne – Shelby
James Peach – Benton
Ross Peterson – Franklin
Patricia Plunk – Hardeman
Marty Plunk – Weakley
County Trustee Scottie Poarch – Marshall
Jefferson County Mayor Mark Potts – Jefferson
Julie Quan – Marshall
Gayle Redmon – DeKalb
Lynn Richardson – Carter
John Roberts – Coffee
Linda Robertson – Shelby
Kathy Rodgers – Van Buren
Deforrest “Dee” Schupska – Montgomery
Rieta Selberg – Shelby
Melinda Selberg – Shelby
Stephanie Sexton – Morgan
Former State Representative Tony Shipley – Sullivan
Steve Simpson – Grundy
Larry Sims – Rutherford
David Sitton – Shelby
JoAnn Skidmore – Rutherford
Sam Smith – Marshall
State Executive Committeeman Scott Smith – Knox
Tonya Stafford – Gibson
Robert Standefer – Bledsoe
Hannah Starnes – Hamblen
Zachary Stephens – Putnam
Alex Stillwell – Wilson
Kathryn Stillwell – Wilson
Richard Swink – Robertson
Mary Tackett – Lincoln
Linda Tate – Sequatchie
M.L. Tate – Sequatchie
State Executive Committeewoman Anita Hodges Taylor – Washington
Wayne Thompson – Hickman
Farrar Vaughan – Fayette
Colonel Thomas Vaughan – Warren
Ruste Via – Crockett
Bobby Waggoner – Knox
Brian Walker – Shelby
Dr. Ming Wang – Davidson
Bill Warren – Warren
Rossville Mayor Judy Watters – Fayette
Weston Watts – Henderson
Diana Webb – Overton
Donna Webb-Madison
Susan Richardson Williams – Knox
John Williams – Shelby
Rick Williams-Davidson
Lily Winglet – Macon
Former Jonesborough Mayor Kelly Wolfe – Washington
County Commissioner James Woody – Polk
Brian Wright – Lake
Bev Young – Clay
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Having personally known Dr. Manny Sethi for the last 10+ years, I know that he, like me, is a principled Constitutional conservative. Just this morning, I was with him again at the annual Tennessee Firearms Assoc picnic meeting just outside of Ridgetop, TN. where he spoke. TFA, lead by John Harris, only supports Constitutional conservatives. The other “centrist, tepid conservative” was not there. But perhaps it wasn’t on his campaign schedule.
Bill Hagerty is no centrist/tepid conservative. He favors Mitch McConnell and never-Trumper Mitt Romney. He is a member of the elite rhinos who talk like conservatives and think and act like democrats.
So does he care a Mexican border wall? It’s doubtful. His concern is not necessarily Tennesseans’ safety and the well-being of our nation but is the almighty dollar. He is focused on the finances of cheap foreign labor and caters to big money people aligned with foreign countries like Qatar who don’t respect our Constitution or Judeo-Christian values. In my book, that makes him a globalist. Check out this report. http://dailyrollcall.com/what-tennessees-conservative-base-knows-about-bill-hagerty/
No question about it, for conservatives this is a Hobson’s Choice election. Hagerty’s redeeming feature is that after contributing $2,700 to Trump’s campaign he was director of presidential appointments for Trump’s transition team after which the President nominated him to be ambassador to Japan and of course, Trump endorsed Hagerty in this campaign. I feel that Hagerty’s close relationship to Trump somewhat indicates that he won’t stray too far away from the President’s policies for the first four years of his term if Trump is re-elected President. Chairman Manny is a blank slate with no indication about anything other than the fact that he REALLY wants to be a U. S. Senator.
I am curious, given the choices what do you recommend conservatives do in this election? Should we simply abstain in protest over our lack of choice? I say vote Hagerty.
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Stuart,
It’s a fairly long primary campaign season which should afford most of us an opportunity to go to events where the Senate candidates we will be speaking and meeting voters. IMO, it is certainly best to actually meet and talk to candidates rather than relying on what others say about them. As a Constitutional conservative myself and being a member of Tennessee Firearms Assoc, a Constitutionalist organization, I took the opportunity to hear and talk with Manny Sethi who came to our meeting and made himself accessible, which to me, is one of the most important ways to assess a candiate for office and ascertain if they agree with me and, most importantly, an objective reading of the Constitution and Bill of Rights which is to be their oath of office.
Wolf Woman,
Thanks for that link and information re: Bill Hagerty.. Based on that information and my personal knowledge of Dr. Manny Sethi, I will vote for a candidate who I know agrees with my Constitutional conservative views. Sethi for Senate!
How is it that State Executive members are endorsing in a primary? This is why no one trusts the GOP any longer in TN
This was made possible in a change in by-laws just last year. They can endorse in any campaign above a State Senate Race. So that leaves Governor, U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate that they are free to endorse in. We double checked with Chairman Scott Golden about the new rules when asking Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee members to join our team.
Political novice Manny Sethi has produced no tangible evidence of contributions to or advocacy for conservative causes or candidates. As the Chairman of the 2016 Statemen’s Dinner and a reported friend of two past chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, a professional colleague of Bill Frist, while his campaign is being directed by yet a third past chairman of the State GOP for Sethi, or should I say Chairman Manny, to call himself an “outsider” is ludicrous. I’m afraid under the circumstance I’ll have to vote for centrist/tepid conservative Bill Hagerty because thus far there is no proven solid conservative in this race.
Thanks for the insight. Wondered if you would comment with all those SEC members in the list. I will say Manny’s email spam campaign smells very much like an insider – or definitely insider-run. To the point it is obvious I am not hearing from Manny, or he is channeling Ted Cruz campaign emails. “Dear friend…..give me your money…help me and Donald Trump…etc.” LOL. Bob Corker’s former state director as the senior advisor….sure, you’re an outsider.
What do you think about making all TNGOP incumbents (including party positions) start over with a clean slate – now that Republicans have to pinky-swear to vote in primaries?
Stuart, What rock are you living under. Bill Hagerty is as Establishment as it gets. Worked with Mittens Romney at Bane Capitol and then became Mitten’s Campaign Finance Chairman in the 2012 Presidential election. Bill Haslam’s Economic Development Commissioner. before Randy Boyd. In the 2015 / 3016 Presidential election he was for Jen Bush until Trump kicked his ass and then he went to Rubio and donated to him until Trump took him out. Then he just waited until Trump got the nomination and bought his way in by running The Victory Fund 2016 for President Trump. After raising all of that money for Trump he was awarded the Ambassadorship to Japan. Establishment and insider all the way. I was President Trump’s 5th Congressional District Co-Chairman in 2015 / 2016. I was volunteering for Bill Lee from April 2017 to November of 2018. I know what an outsider looks like. Bill Hagerty is NOT AN OUTSIDER. Manny Hagerty is the true outsider. One again Trump is listening to the Mitch McConnell team and getting behind another Kentucky born guy in Bill Hagerty. Mittens and Mitch cannot wait to have another one on board. Vote for Dr.. Manny Sethi if you want a true Conservative Outsider.