Well, it seems I made a goof in what I said in post #28. That happens when I don’t make a routine check of facts. I ascribed negative comments towards State Sen. Jim Tracy in accusing him of not stepping up to run against Lincoln Davis in 2010. It’s because he was not running in the 4th at the time, he was running in the 6th.
I forgot that he entered the open race for Bart Gordon’s seat, which ended up a wild nearly 3-way tie between him, State Sen. Diane Black & Lou Ann Zelenik. Only 590 votes separated between Tracy (3rd place) and Black (the winner). The battle really erupted between Black & Zelenik (I endorsed Zelenik) and there were enormously bad feelings between the two that led to a lawsuit. Tracy almost emerged the winner as a result.
The lines have since been shifted after 2012, and Tracy is now within the 4th and is running for this seat against DesJarlais. My apologies to Sen. Tracy for accusing him of not stepping up to run in a district he wasn’t in in 2010.
That reminds me of how Mike Rounds won the SD gubernatorial primary in 2002.