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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 9, 2020

Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Jai Templeton is running for the state Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Dolores Gresham, the Nashville Post reports. Templeton, a farmer and former McNairy County mayor, served as agriculture commissioner from 2016 to 2019. Gresham, who is chair of the Senate Education Committee, announced last week that she would not seek another term. District 26 includes Fayette, Haywood, Hardeman, Chester, McNairy, Hardin, Henderson and Decatur counties in West Tennessee.