Mike in the News

MAY 27 - AMERICA FIRST: MIKE PADGETT AND THE INTERNATIONAL GUARD
Today, I had to the pleasure of sitting down for a spell with U.S. Democratic Senate candidate Mike Padgett while on a break from visiting and talking with supporters here in Nashville. I must say that there is certainly no lie to Padgett's billing as a "Southern Appalachian Democrat." Mike Padgett is exactly as he has often been described. If you were to look up the term "Southern Pol" in the dictionary, you should not be at all surprised to see Mike Padgett's face smiling back at you......
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MAY 19 - FORMER KNOX COUNTY CLERK MIKE PADGETT RUNNING FOR SENATE
Mike Padgett isn't done yet. After 20 years serving as the Knox County Clerk, Padgett was ousted from office in January 2007 when term limits were upheld. Now, he's back on the political scene, running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Lamar Alexander. "I'm not through with public service,"...
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MAY 1 - FORMER KNOX COUNTY CLERK WANTS TO SERVE TENNESSEE
Mike Padgett, a Democrat from Knoxville, wants to become the next U.S. Senator from Tennessee and declares he "resonates well with Republicans, Democrats and Independents." Padgett, who served 21 years at the local level in politics...
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APRIL 29 - PADGETT ASKS: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MIDDLE CLASS?
Mike Padgett, candidate for the U.S. Senate, visited the SevierCountyNews.com Sevierville office on Monday to talk about the economy, health care, and other issues of concern to Tennesseans. Padgett says a flat tax like the one promoted by Senator Alexander does a lot for the wealthiest Tennesseans but little for the struggling middle class....
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MARCH 8 - PADGETT CROWD IS PARTY MIX
It was a mixed political crowd Tuesday night as former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett kicked off his campaign for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Lamar Alexander...
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MARCH 5 - PADGETT ENTERS US SENATE RACE
Former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett officially opened his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate Tuesday night with a fist-pounding speech in which he rhetorically told the incumbent, Republican Lamar Alexander, "We can do better, we should do better." The crowd of several hundred packed into a room...
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MARCH 4 - PADGETT'S GOT GRIT
You've got to give Democrat Mike Padgett extra points for grit. The former Knox County Clerk officially announcing his intention today, to seek the United States Senate seat now held by Lamar Alexander...
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MARCH 4 - FORMER KNOX CLERK TO JOIN US SENATE RACE
Mike Padgett thinks it's time for what may seem an ambitious leap from the Knox County Courthouse to the U.S. Senate. But for a Democratic officeholder of 20 years -- and often the top vote-getter -- in Republican-leaning Knox County, it is only a logical progression...
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