NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Saturday, April 4th, 2020, the Tennessee Republican Party’s (TRP) State Executive Committee addressed the protests of candidates for the Republican nomination for the upcoming 2020 primary election in August. The Committee recommended to Chairman Scott Golden the removal of nine candidates that were protested, did not meet the minimal voting requirements, nor have significant Republican endorsements in voucher form. The requirements to run for office as a Republican Candidate can be found in Section 1 and Section 2 of Article IX in the TRP Bylaws.
”Much like we did in 2018, I appreciate the State Executive Committee’s serious approach to making sure the Party’s rules are followed,” said Golden. “The debate lasted nearly 3 hours because the ultimate goal should be to make sure the Party’s standards” are fairly and equally applied across the board.”
The candidates that will be in the removal process are:
United States Senate – Dr. Byron Bush, Roy Dale Cope, Terry Dicus, Jim Elkins, and Johnny Presley
United States House – Sandra Louise Casey, Jim Elkins, Basil Marceux, Nichole Williams and Charles Shappley
Tennessee State Senate – Scott Throckmorton
In 2019, the Tennessee General Assembly added to TCA 2-5-204(b) a provision that now allows for an appeal of the dismissal process. Once contacted candidates will be allowed to present evidence of errors in voting records or produce a significant Republican endorsement in voucher form. The appeals process will end on April 16th, 2020 with either a dismissal or restoration to the August primary ballot.
“I have no doubt the Tennessee Republican Party will continue to refine our standards as we look to maintain our majority in the coming decades. And a Chairman, it is my duty to uphold those standards in honest and trustworthy manner,” concluded Golden.
the end of the TN Republican statement.
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BUT, according to sources familiar of the Republican SEC, thanks to the vouchers of Timothy Floyd Burchett, Glenn Thomas Jacobs and Dr. Richard M. Briggs, Mannis in the middle of Bernie and Biden remains on the Republican ballot.
Bernie or Biden? Mannis cast a February 25 early vote in the March 3, 2020 Democrat Primary, finding himself as Mannis in the Middle
