Two Sumner County legislators have been reelected by their peers to serve in top leadership positions in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, will serve his second term as chief officer of the House Republican Caucus and State Rep. Johnny Garrett, R-Goodlettsville, will serve his second term as House Majority Whip for the 112th Tennessee General Assembly.
Lamberth and Garrett were reelected unanimously during the House Republican Caucus leadership election held at the Tennessee State Capitol on Nov. 24. I am honored and extremely humbled that my colleagues have entrusted me with the opportunity and the responsibility of continuing to serve them as majority leader for the 112th General Assembly,â Lamberth said. âWe have made this state the envy of our entire nation over the last several years; I know together with Gov. Bill Lee, Speaker Cameron Sexton, the House leadership team and our entire caucus, we will ensure Tenness
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Grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the nation, Gov. Bill Lee will mandate social gathering restrictions but refuses to require mask-wearing in Tennessee as the deadly illness rampages the state, stretching hospitals to their limits and claiming more than 6,000 lives.
Lee announced a new 10-person public gathering restriction in a live video address Sunday night. He also urged Tennesseans to gather with people only within their household for Christmas and asked employers to allow employees to work from home for the next 30 days. The gathering restrictions, enacted by an executive order expiring Jan. 19, will not apply to at-home events or churches.
Only 15% of Tennessee Republicans think Biden legitimately won the election, Vanderbilt poll finds Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
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Just 15% of Republicans in Tennessee believe President-elect Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the November election, a new Vanderbilt University poll found, underscoring the stunning, deeply partisan divide on confidence in the voting process.
The most recent poll from the university, released Thursday, surveyed 1,007 registered Tennessee voters between Nov. 18 and Dec. 8, which was before all states had certified their election results and before the Electoral College met Monday to officially cast the majority of votes in Biden s favor.