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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 23, 2020

Two of the state House’s most conservative Republicans announced their retirements soon after the legislature passed a budget and left town last week, the Nashville Post reports. Rep. Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, and Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, both said they would not seek another term in 2020. Daniel was originally elected in 2014 and chairs the House Government Operations Committee. Holt was first elected to the House in 2010 and chaired the Finance Subcommittee during former Speaker Glen Casada's brief tenure. This year he is chairing the Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee. Attorney and Democrat Virginia Couch announced she would run for Daniel’s seat earlier this month. James Corcoran, an attorney who finished third in a crowded 2016 Republican primary against Daniel, has filed to seek the seat as well.