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Len Silverman of Hendersonville has announced he is running in the Republican primary for the 45th district State House of Representatives seat. He is challenging incumbent State Representative Courtney Rogers.
Rogers defeated Representative Debra Maggart, who was the Republican whip in the House, in the 2012 Republican primary in a bitter campaign focused on extending gun rights. The Tennessee Firearms Association did not deem Republican Debra Maggart sufficiently
pro-gun and they spend an
unprecedented $155,000 plus dollars in
negative campaigning and disparaged her A+ rated, pro-Second Amendment
voting record. They said she was for gun control, for shredding the
Constitution, and compared her to President Barack Obama. That campaign got national attention and was used as an example of the power of the gun lobby.
Until last month there was speculation that Maggart might seek a
rematch and challenge Rogers in the 2014 primary. In mid-November
however, she announced she would
join a Nashville lobbying firm ending that speculation.
Silverman
owns a Huntington Learning Center tutoring franchise in Hendersonville. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors for COMPASS, a foundation that helps
raise funds for Sumner County Schools. Until recently, COMPASS was
headed-up by former State Representative Debra Maggart.
He is also Chairman of the Hendersonville Chamber
of Commerce and the Chamber Foundation, Chairman of the Sumner County
United Way, and a member of the Board of Trustees
of Pope John Paul II High School.
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