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Georgiana Vines: Legislative candidates ramping up campaign activities
Published 6/18/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Candidates for different seats in the Legislature to represent Knox County will have activities this week.
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Georgiana Vines: Democrats seek a replacement candidate
Published 6/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 11 comments
While Knoxville lawyer Shelley Breeding asks the Tennessee Supreme Court to hear a residency issue that is keeping her off the Aug. 2 Democratic ballot for a new legislative seat, Knox County Democrats are scrambling to find someone to take ...
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Georgiana Vines: Hammond believes poll was meant to 'intimidate'
Published 6/11/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 10 comments
MORE ON FOCUS POLLS: Knox County Commission Chairman Mike Hammond says he did not know about a poll in last Monday's Knoxville Focus — which asked respondents if they supported or opposed his re-election — until after the commission meeting ...
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Georgiana Vines: Event commemorates Ashe's first run for mayor
Published 5/21/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 8 comments
Victor Ashe's "Let's Keep Working Together" campaign slogan was featured on a sign on Kingston Pike and on T-shirts at a reunion marking the 25th anniversary of his first Knoxville mayoral run.
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Georgiana Vines: 2 Dems in congressional race have backgrounds in health care
Published 5/19/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 10 comments
Two candidates with backgrounds in health care are seeking the Democratic nomination for the 3rd Congressional District, currently represented by U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah.
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Georgiana Vines: Breeding awaits word on eligibility
Published 5/14/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 11 comments
Shelley Breeding hopes to know this week whether she will be able to run as a Democrat for the new 89th House District seat when a hearing is held on whether she is a Knox County or Anderson County resident.
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Georgiana Vines: 13th District House race ready to heat up
Published 5/12/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments
Vanderbilt "Van" Brabson has been low-key in seeking the Republican nomination for the 13th District House seat that state Rep. Harry Tindell, a Democrat, is vacating. But he says that is about to change.
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Georgiana Vines: Wheels not coming off Mayfield campaign
Published 5/7/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 27 comments
The Scottie Mayfield for Congress campaign took time off for "planning" last week after Mayfield's son, Michael, was charged with vandalism of less than $500 after confessing to slashing a tire of an aide to U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah.
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Georgiana Vines: Burchett makes county budget rounds
Updated 5/4/2012 at 2:00 p.m. 2 comments
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett got an earful Friday on the need to get parents behind children and schools when he took his budget message to the "fellowship" breakfast hosted by former Knox County Commissioner Paul Pinkston at Shoney's in ...
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Georgiana Vines: Whitman praises non-partisan online nominating convention
Published 4/28/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 2 comments
Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican who once was New Jersey governor and then EPA administrator, is so disillusioned with the national political process that she has aligned herself with a nonpartisan movement, Americans Elect, to choose a president this year. ...
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Georgiana Vines: March for Women rally planned for Saturday
Published 4/23/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 19 comments
Knoxville women will join others across the country on Saturday to call attention to what is considered a war on women's rights.
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Georgiana Vines: Lawmakers honor departing Harry Tindell
Published 4/21/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
State Rep. Harry Tindell, a Knoxville Democrat who's retiring this year, received a General Assembly flag after the state House of Representatives passed a resolution describing him as a "dedicated and well-informed legislator" who worked "tirelessly" for his 13th District ...
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Georgiana Vines: Observations during a legislative visit
Published 4/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Observations on the state legislative process after spending parts of two days in Nashville:
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Georgiana Vines: Massey settles into state Senate routine
Published 4/14/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 6 comments
NASHVILLE — State Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, R-Knoxville, may have a two-room, windowless office on the Legislative Plaza because she's a junior Senate member. But she owns a classic photo no one else has right inside the front door.
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Georgiana Vines: Democrats create surprise with candidates
Published 4/9/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 23 comments
Knox County Democrats came up with some legislative candidates in this year's elections, including former University of Tennessee football player Anthony Hancock, to the surprise of some Republican Party leaders.
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