http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/22/tennessee-independent-state-senator-defeated-for-re-election-by-247-votes/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:35:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/22/tennessee-independent-state-senator-defeated-for-re-election-by-247-votes/comment-page-1/#comment-579087 Jim Riley Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:41:51 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4353#comment-579087 He switched after Rosalind Kurita had voted for a Republican Senate Speaker (and Lieutenant Governor). Williams's switch would have been perceived as helping the Democrats regain control of the Senate. The longtime Democratic Senate Speaker/Lieutenant Governor was also unseated in the general election. The senate could end up 19:13:1 if Kurita's senate race is contested and voided. He switched after Rosalind Kurita had voted for a Republican Senate Speaker (and Lieutenant Governor). Williams’s switch would have been perceived as helping the Democrats regain control of the Senate. The longtime Democratic Senate Speaker/Lieutenant Governor was also unseated in the general election. The senate could end up 19:13:1 if Kurita’s senate race is contested and voided.

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