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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:09 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:02
From Chattanooga Times Free Press:
In a surprising twist, House Democrats threw their support behind a Republican lawmaker for speaker and defeated attempts by House Republican Majority Leader Jason Mumpower, R-Bristol, to become speaker.
The 49 Democrats joined with GOP Rep. Kent Williams, R-Butler, in the vote for speaker, providing the razor-thin 50-49 margin to make Rep. Williams the state House’s first Republican speaker since 1971.
Pandemonium and boos erupted from Republicans and their supporters.
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