Hank Hayes offers up a Q&A with House District 1 Candidates: Jon Lundberg (R) and Mike Surgenor – who is Lundberg’s Democratic opponent with the name I could not recall.
The interview is the first in a series, which pleases me immensely. I was getting bored with the Nathan Vaughn & Tony Shipley Variety Show.
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Hank Hayes changes the approach in part four of his Tennessee 2nd House District series. This article tackles GOP challenger Tony Shipley’s attacks against Democratic incumbent state Rep. Nathan Vaughn and his vote to *increase tobacco taxes – an increase which was intended to finance education funding reform.
Of course, we’ve heard about the tobacco [...]
Headline Switcheroos and Rethinking Hank
Posted in Tennessee on Aug 16th, 2008
David Davis conceded the election to Phil Roe. It’s done. There’s no point in picking-on the guy now. It’s time for us to move on. But first, I must draw your attention to this one last story because I need your advice on proper blogging etiquette.
My question [...]
Hey Hank, Here’s Your Sign
Posted in The Funnies, politics on Jul 16th, 2008
The Kingsport Times-News helps catch bad guys… and their good deed almost makes up for the lopsided political coverage of late… okay, not really.
C’mon! Yard signs? Hank, you actually emailed a candidate to ask how many yard signs he’d distributed throughout the district? Were you being serious or is was [...]
Reporter Hank Hayes Keeps Painting the Inroads Red
Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on Jul 9th, 2008
Remember how I said if Gray Sasser thought Democrats could make inroads in the 1st District, he must have a bad map? Well, I still believe that – but I also think it’s important for you to know who helps keep the roads in this portion of the state painted a bright shade of [...]
The Times-News has two interesting articles on national health care:
Dr. Richard Salluzzo, Wellmont’s outgoing CEO, tells reporter Sharon Caskey Hayes he supports Universal Health Care. Click here to read the report.
Political reporter Hank Hayes offers some insight as to where Phil Roe and David Davis, our 1st Congressional District GOP primary candidates, stand [...]
Governor Ron Ramsey?
Posted in Tennessee on May 27th, 2008
Hank Hayes reports that Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey has other things on his mind besides running for Governor in 2010 – at least for now.
“My first and most important goal now is to win re-election (in the 2nd Senate District against Democrat Bill Jones of Kingsport) and keep our majority (in the state Senate). [...]




