GOP candidates, including two from Shelby, will fill top state slots By Richard Locker (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal Originally published 11:30 a.m., January 15, 2009 Updated 12:26 p.m., January 15, 2009 NASHVILLE — Republicans in the Tennessee legislature today swept from office all three of the state’s top constitutional officers and elected longtime Republican officials — two of them from Shelby County — to replace them. Flexing its political muscle for the first time since the stunning defeat Tuesday of the Republican Caucus’s nominee for House speaker, the legislature’s new GOP majority elected: * Shelby County Commissioner David H. Lillard...