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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 22, 2021

Athens businessman and farmer Dennis Beavers, who worked on Republican Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and went on to serve as executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farms Services Agency in Tennessee, plans to run for the state Senate, the Times Free Press reports. In an interview with the paper, Beavers said he would run in District 11, the seat currently held by retiring Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville. Rep. Mark Hall, R-Cleveland, announced last month he also is running for the seat. The district covers Bradley, McMinn Meigs, Monroe and Polk counties but is expected to shift during legislative redistricting.