August 2020 Candidates

Sumner County School Board seats are up in the August election as well as the primaries for some state offices. Effectively, though, the General Election matchups for state House and Senate races were set with yesterday's filing deadline.

Here's who is running for what in 2020:

School Board

District 2 -- Tim Brewer

District 4 -- Sarah Andrews

District 6 -- Ginny Hall Plunkett
                     Betsy Hawkins

District 8 -- Kyle Robinson
                     Ted Wise 

District 10 -- Glen Gregory

State House District 40 

Terri Lynn Weaver (R) -- incumbent
Paddy Sizemore (I) 

State House District 44

William Lamberth (R)

State House District 45

Johnny Garrett (R)

State Senate District 18

Ferrell Haile (R)  -- incumbent
John Gentry (I)


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Sumner's Haile Votes for Destructive Voucher Scheme

Despite a resolution from the Sumner County School Board unanimously opposing Gov. Bill Lee's school voucher scheme, Senator Ferrell Haile voted for the plan in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.

Haile supported an expanded version of the plan, one with a projected cost at full implementation of $219 million a year.

That's money that won't be available for the state to distribute to local school districts like Sumner County Schools.

In fact, this year alone, the state's funding formula loses around $25 million in funds that would typically go to salary increases for teachers.

Haile has consistently supported voucher plans and has received more than $20,000 in funding from pro-voucher groups from outside Tennessee.

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Sumner's Haile, Lamberth Among Key Voucher Backers

The 2019 edition of the Tennessee General Assembly will feature leadership focused on using public money to support private schools. Among those selected to lead this assault on our public schools are Sumner County's Senator Ferrell Haile and 44th District State Rep. William Lamberth.

More from Tennessee Education Report:

Likewise, newly-elected House Republican (and Majority) Leader William Lamberth has consistently received backing from pro-voucher groups.
Over in the Senate, the Lt. Governor’s spot continues to be held by Randy McNally, a long-time supporter of voucher schemes.
The number two job in the Senate again falls to Ferrell Haile of Sumner County, who between 2012 and 2016 was among the largest recipients (more than $20,000) of campaign backing from pro-voucher groups. Haile has also co-sponsored voucher legislation in spite of his local School Board opposing the measure.

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