As mentioned earlier today at BlountViews [1], State Rep. Doug Overbey (R-Maryville) will challenge incumbent State Sen. Raymond Finney (R-Maryville) in the 8th district senate primary.

According to the Knoxville News Sentinel [2], Overbey says:

"All across the district, I hear people saying they want a senator who will stand up for them, represents their conservative values..."

It's hard to imagine a more conservative state senator than Finney. He supports the anti-abortion amendment, he supports guns in public parks, bars, and now in the Capitol building, and last year he introduced a bill directing the Department of Education to determine once and for all that God created everything and therefore all this "evolution" stuff is just a bunch of junk science. And he's a medical doctor.

Perhaps what Rep. Overbey is really saying is that people around the district want a senator who isn't batshit crazy.

At any rate, since I probably won't be voting in the state Republican primary, will all you Republican lurkers please vote for Overbey? OK, thanks.

And with all this infighting, will Blount Democrats field a candidate? Probably not. All seven of us are too busy blogging and watching each other's backs...