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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 10, 2014

A week before the end of his term in office, former state Sen. Stacey Campfield emptied his taxpayer-funded constituent communications account by spending $2,248 on a farewell letter to people in his district. He also transferred funds to three colleagues. Sen. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, received $500, while Sens. Steve Southerland, R-Morristown, and Dolores Gresham, R-Somerville, each received $250. Richard Briggs, who beat Campfield in the Republican primary and went on to win the general election, will inherit a balance of $15.39, Knoxnews reports.