Tenn. Democratic Party disavows its own US Senate nominee
This July 2009 photo shows Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Mark Clayton in Washington, D.C. (Facebook)
From The Daily Caller, By Alexis Levinson, August 5, 2012 – The Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed its own U.S. Senate nominee Friday, announcing that he is “associated with a known hate group” — in this case, a conservative advocacy organization.
Mark Clayton won Tuesday’s Democratic primary with 30 percent of the vote in a field of seven candidates.
“The only time that Clayton has voted in a Democratic primary was when he was voting for himself,” said the Tennessee Democratic Party in a statement. “Many Democrats in Tennessee knew nothing about any of the candidates in the race, so they voted for the person at the top of the ticket.
