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Campfield: “May the better ideas win”
Posted By katie allison granju
It looks like Stacey Campfield has a primary challenger:
Ron Leadbetter, associate general counsel at the University of Tennessee, has picked up a petition to run against fellow Republican Rep. Stacey Campfield for the state House’s 18th District seat in the Aug. 7 state primary.
“I’m thinking strongly in that direction. I will be making a decision by the end of the month. I want to make sure this is public-service oriented and not just something I’m doing,” Leadbetter said.
He will retire from his UT position if he runs, he said.
“Anybody who’s been ’round here would be a fool to run and have a state position. Even if I campaigned in the evening, someone would be pointing it out as a potential conflict of interest,” he said.
Leadbetter, 60, has been at UT for 35 years. In 2000, he filed two lawsuits against UT and then-President J. Wade Gilley alleging that Gilley discriminated against white men by hiring and promoting less-qualified women and minorities. Leadbetter lost one lawsuit against Gilley and withdrew one against the university.
Campfield said he plans to seek re-election, although he has not yet picked up a petition. The deadline for candidates to qualify is April 3.
“I welcome competition. It makes us stronger. May the better ideas win,” he said.
Feb 18th, 2008
How about “May the sane candidate win?”