Zelenik Leads 6th District Totals, But Tracy Raised More From Others

One Republican vying to fill retiring Congressman Bart Gordon’s seat has raised much more than his competition-if you discount money candidates give their own campaigns.

Lou Ann Zelenik has the largest campaign chest of the sixth district candidates. The former Rutherford County GOP Chair has pulled in $381,000; all but $81,000 of that came from Zelenik herself.

Similarly, State Senator Diane Black of Gallatin has a total of $150,000, after lending her campaign $100,000.

The standout is State Senator Jim Tracy. The Murfreesboro Republican raised nearly $267,000 and none of it comes from his own bank account.

Vanderbilt University political science professor Christian Grose says that bodes well for Tracy.

One other sixth-district Republican filed a campaign finance report. Dave Evans has raised just under $26,000.

The sixth district includes Gallatin, Cookeville, Murfreesboro and Shelbyville. So far, no Democrats have filed to run for the seat.

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