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Beltran is two-time world title challenger Promoter: "I believe there is a good market here, especially with a large Hispanic population" The Tennessean reports here that Fernando Beltran Jr. of Mexico will be climbing into the boxing ring for the Sommet Center's first such event in 11 years. The August 22 event will be broadcast on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.

All Speaker Jimmy Naifeh would have to do is start appointing some Republicans to committee chairmanships:

Pictures and prose from Clarksville:

So I received the good news last night that my political boyfriend, Steve Cohen barely beat Nikki “Not To Smart At Politics” Tinker.

One of the local races here in Campbell County that drew a lot of attention in recent weeks was the contest between incumbent Road Superintendent Dennis Potter and challenger Gary Leach. Leach aired some rather interesting radio commercials that basically called Potter a sexual deviant and claimed he wouldn’t use the office “to fulfill my sexual fantasies”.

Sean Braisted chats with the candidate:

While moderates Rep. Kent Williams and Rep. Doug Overbey defeated theri more conservative oppoenent there will be no moderate hattrick.

Incumbent Dixie Parker has retained her seat on Bedford County Board of Education, defeating challenger Robert Allison in the only contested local race in Thursday's general election. Parker drew 398...

With about a quarter of the votes counted, incumbent Chip Baker leads challenger Joe Dumas by a mere 40 votes, 678-638. Obviously this is what Chuck Todd would label "too early to call," but it could be the best race of the night to watch. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: with 40% in, Dumas takes the lead by approximately 53% to Baker's 47%.

Rumors going in were that this one would be a screecher and the rumormongers did not lie: