Sky Arnold 9/9/24 Sky Arnold 9/9/24

Republican leaders resoundingly reject Rep. John Ragan’s primary loss challenge

Members of the Tennessee Republican State Primary Board resoundingly rejected Representative John Ragan’s, R-Oak Ridge, challenge of the August primary he lost to Former Clinton Police Chief Rick Scarbrough.

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Republican Party leaders to decide Rep. John Ragan’s primary loss challenge this Saturday

Members of the Tennessee Republican State Primary Board will decide State Representative John Ragan’s, R-Oak Ridge, primary loss challenge Saturday afternoon in Mount Juliet.

Tennessee Republican Party Chair Scott Golden and the board scheduled a hearing for the challenge 2:30 P.M. September 7 at the Mount Juliet Hilton Garden Inn.

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"We cannot become that which we strive to defeat." Rick Scarbrough responds to expected primary result challenge from Rep. Ragan.

Scarbrough beat seven term Representative John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge, by 258 votes in the House District 33 GOP primary. At the time there were no complaints of voter irregularities, but Scarbrough says he expects his former opponent to contest the win anyway.

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Senate Education Chair John Lundberg’s defeat draws eyebrow raising comments from former President Trump

Tom Stinnett

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Primary challenges, voucher impact, and other things to watch in the state primary

Today voters across the state will decide the primary races for 16 State Senate seats along with all 99 State House seats. Very few of these seats are expected to be highly competitive in the November general election, so tonight’s primaries will have a big impact on the General Assembly that returns to Nashville next year.

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Challenger Rick Scarbrough continues to outraise Rep. John Ragan

Former Clinton Police Chief Rick Scarbrough continues to outraise Rep. John Ragan.

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Conservative challenger Rick Scarbrough is outraising Rep. John Ragan. Ragan responded with mailers that stretch the truth.

This year Representative John Ragan’s, R-Oak Ridge, has attracted headlines for proposing multiple bills dealing with hot button social issues that his own party rejected. Now he's facing a strong challenge to keep his House district 33 seat in East Tennessee from a challenger who’s focusing his campaign on local concerns like jobs, safety, and schools.

Sky Arnold 7/11/24 Sky Arnold 7/11/24

Senate GOP challenger Bobby Harshbarger lists former TSU President Glenda Glover as one of his largest contributors

Senate district 4 challenger Bobby Harshbarger prominently lists supporting “anti-woke education” as one of his campaign priorities yet the fifth largest campaign donation he received this quarter came from the recently retired president of one of the country’s largest historically black colleges and universities.

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Tax dollars paid for this mailer during Rep. Jon Ragan’s re-election campaign. Few House members have spent more on mailings.

One of the more closely watched races this summer is East Tennessee’s House District 33 GOP primary between John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge, and former Clinton police chief and current University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center Executive Director Rick Scarbrough.