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John Rodgers with the City Paper details the race between Speaker Pro Tem Rosalind Kurita and her Democratic challenger Tim Barnes. Rodgers notes the support of many of Kurita's Senate colleagues for her challenger:

The Senate Democratic Caucus released some of their fundraising figures for the last quarter, and show over $700,000 raised by various candidates across the state of Tennessee.

The names Randy Camp, Jean Anne Rogers, and Jim Hawkins top the list of Senate fund raisers in their respective efforts to replace retiring former Lieutenant Governor John Wilder and oust incumbent Republican senators Jim Tracy and Diane Black.  With a significant fundraising advantage over Re

From the Knoxville News Sentinel:

State Senate Democrats say they have raised more than $735,000 in the second quarter in their effort to tip the balance back in their favor in the upper chamber in the General Assembly.

From Tom Humphrey:

Two Washington, D.C., attorneys criticized another provision of the bill that would change the language in Tennessee law for taxation of downloaded books, movies and music.

Senate Democratic Caucus spokesman Mark Brown comments on the attempt to unseat GOP State Senator Jim Tracy in the Shelbyville Times Gazette:

Kay Brooks reports on Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Haynes’ Republican opponent:

From an economic position, I don't know if I support this, but Sen. Haynes bill to require employers to provide sick and vacation time to part-time employees failed in the Senate Commerce committee by a 2-5-1 vote.

The Tuke for Tennessee campaign released their fundraising totals so far, and they aren't too shabby:

Total Dollars Raised to Date: $264,633.33
Number of Donors: 569
Percentage of Money Raised Online: 17%
Percentage Contributed by Individuals: 99%