Well, So Far It Looks Like Lamar Alexander Has Little To Worry About In 2014
Posted in: Today's ChiliIf you’re looking at what established, incumbent conservative legislators might end up facing a primary challenge from some self-styled Tea Party insurgent in 2014, you’ve probably got the upcoming Tennessee Senate race on your radar. There, the incumbent, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) was supposedly trailing a “generic conservative” candidate by 5 points, according to an August poll conducted by Triton Polling.
Since then, Alexander has drawn just such a primary challenger in state Rep. Joe Carr (Lascassas), who opted out of primarying incumbent Rep. Scott DesJarlais to take aim at Alexander’s seat. And today, The Washington Post profiles Carr in an article titled “What Joe Carr can tell us about the state of the Republican party.”
And what can Carr tell us about the state of the Republican Party? Well, for the moment, Carr is on a mission to win friends and influence people: one of his “goals in the next six months is to prove his potential” to a “constellation of conservative groups” that haven’t warmed to his nascent campaign just yet.
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