TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 12, 2021

A third state audit of former state Sen. Bill Ketron, now the mayor of Rutherford County, found that his Senate campaign account violated state law or disclosure regulations 13 times, in part by failing to report nearly $44,500 in campaign contributions. Without comment, the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance accepted the audit and set a show-cause hearing for April when Ketron, a former chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus, will be asked to explain the shortcomings, Tennessee Lookout reports. The registry previously assessed civil penalties of $80,000 on Ketron and his Quest PAC. Ketron’s attorney said he plans to ask the registry to reconsider $65,000 of the previous penalties and hold future penalties in abeyance.