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Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 28, 2022

Brandon Toney, a Germantown intensive care nurse practitioner, has been removed from the ballot in the Republican primary for State Senate District 31, the Commercial Appeal reports. Members of the Tennessee Republican Party voted against restoring Toney to the ballot after his Republican “bona fides” were challenged. The party’s bylaws state that a person must vote in three of the past four Republican primaries to be considered a bona fide Republican. In a letter to party members, Toney acknowledged that he had not voted in the primaries in question, but that he was “clearly a Republican with a demonstrated record of supporting Republican candidates and committees.” He was set to face Brent Taylor in the August primary to fill the seat of outgoing state Sen. Brian Kelsey who is not running for reelection following his indictment on allegations of illegally redirecting campaign finance dollars.