Tennessee Congressman Scott DesJarlaisEARLY VOTINGEarly voting continues through Thursday. In Hamilton County, voters may cast ballots at:• Brainerd Recreation Center, 1010 N. Moore Road. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.• Northgate Mall, entrance at former Shane’s Rib Shack/Pizza Hut next to Belk. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.• Eastwood Church, 4300 Ooltewah-Ringgold Road. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.• Hamilton County Election Commission, 700 River Terminal Road. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.BRING YOUR PHOTO IDThe state requires all Tennessee voters to bring a photo ID with them to their polling place. Acceptable photo IDs include:• Tennessee driver’s license with photo• U.S. military photo ID• U.S. passport• U.S. Department of Safety and Homeland Security photo ID• Any photo ID issued by state or federal government, excluding college IDsSource: Hamilton County Election Commission
NASHVILLE — The chairman of the Tennessee Conservative Union called Tuesday for U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., to resign from Congress, saying the physician’s past actions reach “a level of hypocrisy that is simply untenable.”
In a statement, Lloyd Daugherty said DesJarlais “has repudiated the beliefs of the Fourth Congressional District, rejected the long held core values of the state of Tennessee, shamed the Republican Party and accomplished something incredibly difficult.”
Daugherty listed recent revelations about DesJarlais’ previous romantic relationships in which he urged one woman, a former patient, to seek an abortion in 2000. Last week, a second former patient told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that she dated DesJarlais in 2000 and that he had prescribed drugs for her and used marijuana with her.
DesJarlais campaign manager Brandon Lewis charged that Daugherty “is neither genuinely conservative or Republican and routinely supports liberal Democrats like Lincoln Davis and Eric Stewart in an effort to drive a wedge among conservative groups for his liberal puppet masters.”