Tennessee State Senator Heidi Campbell (D-Nashville) announced her candidacy for Nashville Mayor on Wednesday in Public Square Park.
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State Senator Jeff Yarbro Launches Campaign for Nashville Mayor
Tennessee State Senator Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville) announced Friday that he is running for Nashville Mayor.
Read the full storyState Senator Brian Kelsey Files Motion to Change Not Guilty Plea in Federal Investigation
Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown)Â issued an attempt to change his original not-guilty plea regarding charges stemming from his federal campaign finance case.
As previously reported by The Tennessee Star, in October 2021, a federal grand jury in Nashville indicted Kelsey on a five-count indictment charging him and another man with violating multiple campaign finance laws. Prosecutors said Kelsey and Nashville social club owner Joshua Smith allegedly violated multiple campaign finance laws as part of a conspiracy to benefit Kelsey’s 2016 campaign for Congress.
Read the full storyTennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association Endorses Senator Jack Johnson for Re-Election
The Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association (TPFFA) endorsed Republican State Senator Jack Johnson for reelection in Senate District 27, the group announced Wednesday in a press release.
Read the full storyGeorgia Senate President Pro Tempore ‘Butch’ Miller: Kemp Told Me He Would Have Signed Election Integrity Bill
Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore ‘Butch’ Miller told John Fredericks on The John Fredericks Show that Governor Kemp told him that he did not oppose SB 89, the election integrity bill killed by Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan.
Miller is also a candidate for Lt. Governor in the Republican primary which is slated to occur on May 24. His main opponent is fellow Georgia Senator Burt Jones.
Read the full storyGeorgia State Senator Brandon Beach: ‘I Don’t Understand Why the Governor Didn’t Want Us to Address That Outside Money’
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), allegedly on the behalf of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, blocked state Senate legislation that addressed ballot chain of custody and would have placed a ban on private donations directly to counties.Â
Senator Brandon Beach (R-21) told The Georgia Star News, “I don’t understand why the governor didn’t want us to address that outside money, whether it was Zuckerberg or Soros or whoever.”
Read the full storyGeorgia Gov. Kemp Used Lieutenant to Block Ban on Zuckerbucks, State Senator Alleges
Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), the chair of the state Senate, refused to bring up an election integrity bill for a vote on Monday because Republican Gov. Brian Kemp wanted it scrapped, Senate GOP leadership said, according to state Sen. Brandon Beach.
Senate Bill 89 would have dealt with chain of custody for ballots and prohibited private, “Zuckerbucks”-like donations from going directly to counties by routing them first through the State Election Board for distribution.
However, a vote on the bill was blocked by Duncan on Monday, the last day of the 2022 legislative session.
Read the full storyState Senator Mike Bell Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election in 2022
Tennessee State Senator Mike Bell (R-Riceville) will not be a candidate for re-election in 2022, according to a press release Monday from the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus. Bell represents Senate District 9 which covers Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and Polk Counties.
Bell was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2006 before moving to the State Senate in 2010.
Read the full storyJury Finds Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson Guilty of Multiple Wire Fraud Counts
On Thursday, a 12-person federal jury found Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson (D-Memphis) guilty of four of five counts of wire fraud. Robinson was facing federal wire fraud charges after she was accused of using federal grant money awarded to a health care school – The Healthcare Institute – in which she operates.
Read the full storyBill Would Put All Potential Ohio Sales Tax Increases Before Voters
A Dayton area Ohio senator wants voters to have the final say on county sales tax increases, introducing a bill that would require a vote on tax hikes.
Senate Bill 93Â would require any county commission to get voter approval before raising the county rate of sales and use tax. Two statutes currently allow for counties to raise sales taxes, but voter approval is not always required.
Read the full storyJury Selected in Tennessee State Senator’s Trial on Theft Charges
On Monday, a jury was selected in the trial of Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson (D-Memphis) who was charged with stealing more than $600,000 in federal funds.
According to AP News, a 12-person jury was chosen for the trial which could last three weeks. The trial is taking place at the Odell Horton Federal Building in Downtown Memphis.
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