Several challengers to U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann are ready to debate immediately — 172 days before the Aug. 2 primary election.
“Now let’s debate!!” Weston Wamp wrote online Feb. 6. “Wamp v. Mayfield v. Fleischmann. I’m ready when they are.”
Wamp, the 24-year-old son of former congressman Zach Wamp, issued the Facebook challenge three days after dairy executive Scottie Mayfield became the second big name to challenge Fleischmann, a first-term Republican, in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District.
Fleischmann’s lesser-known challengers said they will debate, hoping to capture attention without having to spend advertising money they don’t have.
But it’s unclear whether Wamp’s high-profile, well-financed opponents share his enthusiasm for public discourse.