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More Democrats get on the Alexander bandwagon
Posted By katie allison granju
The Nashville Post notes today that Lamar Alexander’s fundraising list looks more bipartisan by the week:
Today’s list of new Tennesseans for Alexander is like a “who’s-who” of
prominent Democrats who have been crucial to past Democratic fundraising
and campaign efforts. Included are Hal Hardin, former U.S. Attorney for
Middle Tennessee during the Carter Administration; former state Attorney
General Paul Summers, Jim Hall of Chattanooga, who was the Director of
the National Transportation Safety Board during the Clinton
Administration; and former Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris.Here’s the new list of independents and Democrats supporting
Alexander:Dr. Jerry Askew of Knoxville
Ray Bell, Nashville -based contractor
Steve Bogard, President of the Nashville Songwriters Association
International
State Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis
Jim Hall of Chattanooga, chairman of the NTSB during the Clinton
Administration
Hal Hardin, Nashville lawyer and former U.S. Attorney
Thad Huguley, Nashville-based consultant and former Chief of Staff to a
Democrat Congressman
Mike Kelly, Nashville businessman
Thomas Long, Memphis City Court Clerk
Donnie Mitchell, retired Director of Public Services and Neighborhoods
for the city of Memphis
Bill Morris, former Shelby County Mayor
Gary W. Norwood, Independent Mayor of Ashland City
Randy Rayburn, Nashville restaurateur
Liz Rincon of Memphis, former campaign staffer for Congressman Steve
Cohen (TN-9) and grassroots activist
Macie Roberson, Independent Mayor of Lake County
P.C. Snapp, Executive Director of the Johnson City Washington County
Economic Development Board
Dorothy Stair of Knoxville
Paul Summers, former Tennessee Attorney General
Skip Taylor, Independent Mayor of Fayette County
Polly Ailor Tullock of Knoxville
Albert Turner, former Clinton City Councilman
Wayne Ward of Mountain City, former manager of the Tri-State Growers
Cooperative
Bill Willis, Nashville attorneyDemocrats and Independents released last month included:
Dale Allen, a Nashville attorney and State Judge Advocate for the
Tennessee National Guard
Gordon Ball, a Knoxville-based attorney
Chattanooga City Councilman Jack Benson
Andy Daniels, Dickson-based consultant
Jack Fishman, Morristown-based businessman, civic leader and newspaper
publisher
Bishop William H. Graves of Memphis, Senior Bishop of the Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church
Franklin Haney, Chattanooga-based businessman
State Sen. Douglas Henry of Nashville
Memphis City Mayor Dr.Willie W. Herenton
John Hollins, Nashville attorney
Frances Hooks of Memphis, spouse and adviser to Dr. Benjamin Hooks, fmr
Executive Director of the NAACP
Carmichael Johnson, Memphis real estate agent
Cato Johnson, Memphis hospital executive
Dr. Joe Johnson, former President of the University of Tennessee
Sam Kennedy, Columbia-based newspaper executive
Johnny Majors, former head coach at the University of Tennessee
Patsy Mathews of Nashville
Carl Moore, businessman and former State Senator from the Tri-Cities
Wesley Cornelius McClure, President of Lane College in Jackson
Clayton McWhorter, Nashville-based businessman
Rachel Parsons of Jasper and Chattanooga, recent graduate of the
University of Tennessee where she was a student government leader and
recipient of the “Torchbearer” award
James Pratt of Nashville, who was Communications Director for former U.
S. Sen. Jim Sasser
Clinton Mayor Wimp Shoopman
Billy Stair of Oak Ridge, who was Senior Policy Adviser to former Gov.
Ned McWherter
Sandra Franklin Wade of Sevierville
Memphis County Mayor A C Wharton Jr.
Emily Wiseman of Nashville, former Executive Director of the Tennessee
Commission on Aging
H. Pat Wood, Knoxville businessman
Shirley Zeitlin, a Nashville real estate agent
Feb 22nd, 2008
