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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 17, 2020

State Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to an email sent to Republican House members by Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison. “Our friend and colleague Mike Carter is in ICU at Erlanger with Covid,” Faison wrote to colleagues. “He is asking for prayers. Let’s lift him up y’all.” Lawmakers were in Nashville last week for a special legislative session, but Carter did not attend, the Tennessee Journal reports. Following the conclusion of the regular session in June, Rep. Kent Calfee, R-Kingston, and Rep. Kevin Brooks, R-Cleveland, tested positive for the virus.