Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Kemp Conrad Acknowledges Prospect of 8th District Bid
City Councilman becomes first from Shelby County to openly consider contest for newly reconfigured congressional district.
Posted by Jackson Baker on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:25 AM
The extension of congressional District 8 into a sizeable hunk of eastern Shelby County has prompted a good deal of speculation about possible competition from local Republicans for incumbent 8th District congressman Stephen Fincher of Frog Jump in Crockett County. Memphis city councilman Kemp Conrad acknowledged to the Flyer that he’s had encouragement to run and is considering a bid.
Others whose names have figured in speculation include former 8th District candidate and ex-Shelby County Commissioner George Flinn; former U.S. Attorney David Kustoff, who ran for Congress in the7th District in 2002; state Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris; and state Senator Brian Kelsey.
And, as noted earlier in this space, as a result of the final redrawing of legislative maps, Senate Democratic leader Jim Kyle of Memphis finds himself in state Senate District 30, along with incumbent Democrat Beverly Marrero. Kyle points out that much of District 30 — notably in Frayser and Raleigh and elsewhere north of Summer — coincides with his former District 28, while Marrero notes, similarly, that significant portions of her former House District 89 lie within the newly configured Senate district.
While the two Democrats muse on their forthcoming showdown, G.A. Hardaway, whose House District 92 has been merged into fellow African-American Democrat Barbara Cooper’s District 86, is getting mention as a possible candidate in Senate District 30, which has a 60 percent African-American constituency. For the moment, though, Hardaway says he’s focused on pressing forward as a party to litigation against the overall redistricting plan.
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Conrad is dreaming. He is not congressional material. The fact that David Kustoff is going run for Congress is a joke. Marsha Blackburn beat him handily. Kustoff was a lackluster U.S. Attorney. Plus he is unethical to engage in partisan politics after serving as U.S. Attorney. He has no political future.
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If Fincher has more than one primary challenger they may as well both or all put their money in a pile and burn it. One solid constitutional conservative could put him back on his tractor. His voting record is worse than Corker's and he doesn't know the constitution from a comic book.
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I don't know anything about the potential challengers to Rep. Fincher but we do need to get rid of the Fraud from Frog Jump. Nothing could send a stronger message than promptly getting rid of a politician that fails so spectacularly to walk what he talked. Candidate Fincher made stopping the insane spending in D.C. the cornerstone of his campaign and promised to "Plow Congress". He often mentioned the future of our children and grandchildren and the debt we were leaving to them. But what did he do when he got to D.C? He folded over and over again each time ensuring those of us that maintained contact with him that the "next fight" was the one that really mattered. His final opportunity to show some semblance of a spine, not to mention principle was the debt ceiling vote and his decision was to vote to raise the debt ceiling! Apparently Rep. Fincher feels more loyalty to the Speaker of the House John Boenher than the people of his district. Apparently adding another trillion plus of debt to future generations is not that big of a deal now! We sent Rep. Fincher to Congress and he plowed us!
If you are a potential candidate reading this don't underestimate the level of disgust across the district with Stephen Fincher and don't buy the lie that he has too much money to be beat! 2012 is the time to do it and it can and should be done! Help save America, send a RINO home!
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