NASHVILLE – After barely squeaking through his 2014 GOP primary last year, U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee may have a new 4th Congressional District challenge next year.
Grant Starrett, who worked for Republican Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign and last year headed a group that fought against a proposed Tennessee constitutional amendment regarding judicial elections, has been sounding out fellow Republicans about a bid, sources say.
“I’ve just heard that he’s thinking about it, exploring it,” said one Republican strategist.
Another GOP strategist thinks it’s further along than that and that the 27-year-old Starrett, a Vanderbilt University law graduate, has been talking with Mark Braden, another GOP operative who worked in the campaigns of U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., in 2014, and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., in 2012.
Grant StarrettPolitical analysts Stuart Rothenberg and Nathan Gonzales blogged about Starrett today on Roll Call.