Republicans are striving to regain control of the U.S. House and the party believes that one of the seats it can flip is Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. The seat is currently occupied by Rep. Jim Cooper (D), who has represented the district since 2003 but announced in February that he would not seek reelection. Nine candidates…

Robby Starbuck, a Republican congressional candidate running in the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, was removed from the ballot again after a state Supreme Court ruling on Friday. Starbuck, a Cuban-American filmmaker, was restored to the ballot on Monday for the Aug. 4 primary after his request for a temporary injunction was granted by a judge. Davidson County…

The Tennessee Republican Party has asked an appeals court to remove a candidate from the ballot in an upcoming primary for a U.S. House of Representatives seat, arguing a judge incorrectly ruled that the candidate must be on the ballot. Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins recently restored Robby Starbuck, the candidate, to the ballot, weeks after the…

The Tennessee Republican Party has asked an appeals court to remove a candidate from the ballot in an upcoming primary for a U.S. House of Representatives seat, arguing that a judge incorrectly ruled that the candidate must be on the ballot. Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins recently restored Robby Starbuck to the ballot, weeks after the Tennessee…

Businessman Robby Starbuck has been restored to the Republican ballot for the upcoming midterm elections in Tennessee after a judge granted his request for a temporary injunction on Friday evening. Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins ruled that the Tennessee Republican Party’s executive committee violated the state Open Meetings Act back in April when it removed Starbuck from the…

A filmmaker who hopes to represent Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives is suing the state GOP after it removed him from the primary ballot for the upcoming midterm elections. Robby Starbuck, the congressional hopeful, sued Tennessee Republican Party (TRP) Chairman Scott Golden and two state officials on May 2 over the removal. Starbuck…

The Tennessee GOP has voted to remove three candidates who were vying for a seat representing the state’s 5th Congressional District. Republicans voted to boot Morgan Ortagus, Robby Starbuck, and Baxter Lee from the primary ballot, Tennessee Republican Chairman Scott Golden told news outlets. Golden and the party did not respond to requests for more information. Ortagus,…

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) on Tuesday became the 29th House Democrat to announce he’s not seeking re-election. Cooper, 67, has represented Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District since 2003 and spent an earlier stint in Congress representing a different district from 1983 to 1995. Cooper blamed redistricting for his decision to retire. “Despite my strength at the…

Commentary Just the other day, The Epoch Times published a column of mine—“‘The Deplorables’ Must Cement Control of the Republican Party”— in which I wrote: “New leadership must be found and, in the tradition of Trump, we should be free to look outside the political class, just as our founders hoped. “In fact, that should…