TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 9, 2024

A political action committee’s barrage of text message attacks on incumbent state Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, has spurred a formal complaint by Senate Republican Caucus Chair Ken Yager of Kingston, the Tennessee Journal reports. The messages aren’t just “dirty” politics, Yager argues, but possible “collusion” that runs afoul of Tennessee campaign finance restrictions. Lundberg’s opponent in the Republican primary for Senate District 4 is pharmacist Bobby Harshbarger, son of Republican U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger of Kingsport.