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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 9, 2016

The Republican lawmaker who has announced plans to try to unseat Beth Harwell as speaker of the House will not be attending next week’s special session, the Tennessean reports. Rep. Jimmy Matlock, R-Lenoir City, informed his colleagues yesterday that he will be absent from the three-day session due to business commitments. “When I announced my run for Speaker, I began taking steps to transition the day-to-day operations of my business to my family. The business trip I will be attending next week has been planned for some time and is one of the final steps in this transition process,” he said.