Leading Off
● TN-Gov: After his nomination to become secretary of the Army failed, GOP state Sen. Mark Green said he would decide whether to reenter the race after Memorial Day. As we previously wrote, Green's bid to serve in Trump's administration ran aground over his long history of disparaging remarks about Muslims and LGBT people, but it seems to have only raised his profile with prominent religious conservatives back home. However, one of Green's likeminded colleagues decided to act before Green did, and her gamble may actually pay off.
State Sen. Mae Beavers, an ardent social conservative who is still trying to define marriage in Tennessee as between one man and one woman, announced on Saturday that she would seek the GOP nomination. Earlier this year, Beavers also led the successful drive to pass a resolution declaring that pornography is a "public health crisis" is part because it "has a detrimental effect on the family as it is linked to lessening desire in young men to marry, dissatisfaction in marriage, and infidelity." It's unclear if Beavers has the connections to run a serious campaign, but she definitely would be competing for the same pool of religious conservative primary voters as Green, and Green seems to recognize that. Both state senators also hail from Middle Tennessee, so they could also cost each other votes if geography is a major factor in the primary.
On Sunday, right after Beavers entered the race, Green told Clarksvillenow.com that her campaign "kind of makes us have to recalculate the numbers," and added that "[t]he question is, do we still have a path? My team is looking at that now." Green still insists that he has made a decision, but he won't announce it until the end of the week. Two wealthy Republicans, state Higher Education Commission member Bill Lee and ex-Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd, are already running, while a number of others are considering.
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