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State Capitol Report: It's My Party And I'll Do What I Want To?

By Joe White and Jacqueline Fellows

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkno/local-wkno-891830.mp3

Nashville, TN – For many elections that happen in the state, the Tennessee Republican Party and the Tennessee Democratic Party can't overturn the results if they don't like the victor. But they can if that election is a primary. Now state lawmakers have angered their own political parties by considering a bill that would curb party control. State Capitol Correspondent Joe White tells Jacqueline Fellows this fight started in a Democratic primary.