Fellow Senators Support Rosalind Kurita

Seven Republican colleagues of Tennessee state senator Rosalind Kurita will host a fundraiser for her write-in campaign for Senate District 22 in Nashville on October 1. Randy McNally of Oak Ridge; Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro; Steve Southerland of Morristown; Tim Burchett of Knoxville; Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet; Jamie Woodson of Knoxville; and Rusty Crowe of Johnson City offered to host the $500-per-person event and Kurita accepted.

"You can just genuinely say that I got a raw deal, and they just want to reach out and help me," she told the Tennessean. "It's not about one party, it's about the process."

I'm glad Republicans are helping Senator Kurita fight back against the state Democratic bosses. We may not completely agree with everything she believes (her pro-abortion stance is one I have a problem with), but it was wrong what the Tennessee Democratic Party did to her and the primary election. It sets a dangerous precedent when a political party can disregard the votes of the American people simply because they don't like the outcome. Even the Memphis Commercial Appeal agrees. (One Clarksville voter believes what the Democrats did will backfire on them in November.)

Mark Brown, spokesman for the senate Democratic caucus, smugly retorted: "We're not surprised that Republican senators are holding a fundraiser for Ron Ramsey's hand-picked candidate." We're surprised a Democrat has the audacity to call Rosalind Kurita a "hand-picked candidate" when Tim Barnes is nothing but a hand-picked candidate!