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Article by the Tennessee Conservative News staff –
The state of Tennessee has filed a lawsuit against seven more former candidates in an attempt to collect more than $33,000 in unpaid penalties.
Candidates who wish to run for office in Tennessee must submit financial disclosures within the allotted time frame.
Those who do not do so can be fined up to $10,000 by the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance and the Tennessee Ethics Commission.
A deadline to appeal the initial fines has also passed, so the state has filed suit in Davidson County Chancery Court, requesting that fines be paid immediately.
The following former candidates are named in the lawsuits:
- George Floyd – $1,000 fine owed – candidate for Haywood County Road/Highway Commissioner
- Gregory Patrick – $1,000 fine owed – candidate for Tennessee State Executive Committee
- Layla Ward – $1,000 fine owed – served as county commissioner in 2024
- Brittany Haynes – $1,000 fine owed – candidate for Bradley County school board in 2024
- Jonathan Jay – $1,000 fine owed – served as a Bolivar City Council member and was a candidate for the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2024
- Patrick Pebley – $1,000 fine owed – served as an alderman in Caryville, Campbell County in 2024
- Melissa Boyd – $1,000 fine owed – served as a Circuit Court Judge in Shelby County in 2024
All of the above individuals are fined for failure to file a disclosure of interest statement.
Toward the end of October, Tennessee sued 5 other former candidates including Patricia Hostetler, David Johnson, Jameson Lee Manor, Katrina Robinson, and John Turner for fines totaling more than $30,000..
Sources:
WKRN.
