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Opinion: Gardenhire deserves fourth term as state senator in Aug. 1 primary

AP File Photo/George Walker IV / Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, speaks Feb. 20 during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Nashville.
AP File Photo/George Walker IV / Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, speaks Feb. 20 during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Nashville.

Without conceit, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, refers to himself as “a problem fixer.”

“I get to help people,” he says.

That’s the way Gardenhire views his role in Nashville, where he is finishing his third term, and one we believe he fulfills. Now, he is seeking a fourth term against challenger Ed LeCompte in the Aug. 1 Republican primary.

We wholeheartedly endorse him in that primary.

One reason Gardenhire is in position to help the people in the 10th District is because he is in his third term.