From Nashville City Paper:

Perhaps the most interesting races of the season are occurring in opposite ends of the state. Independent candidate Williams, who is being supported by Democrats, is facing Republican attorney Mike Faulk in the mountains of East Tennessee.

In the cotton fields of West Tennessee, the race for former Lt. Gov. Wilder’s seat is being contested by Republican State Rep. Dolores Gresham and Democratic attorney Randy Camp.

What has made these races so interesting are very public charges of marital infidelity.

In East Tennessee Faulk, who is single, has been hit hard by a letter written by the county chair of the Hawkins County Young Republicans. In the letter Kelli Walker, who is married, states that she had had an ongoing affair with Faulk.

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