Scottie Mayfield celebrated U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann’s voting record Monday, downplaying a shared political philosophy between himself and the man he wants to beat.
“I haven’t studied his votes enough to tell you that I would vote significantly different,” Mayfield told the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club. “He has voted conservative, and I praise him for that.”
Along with Chattanooga businessmen Ron Bhalla and Weston Wamp, Mayfield is challenging Fleischmann in the GOP primary in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District. The election is Aug. 2.
A Fleischmann aide who filmed Mayfield’s Pachyderm speech quickly responded.
“It speaks a lot to Chuck’s leadership that Scottie chose to use Chuck’s voting record in his stump speech,” campaign spokesman Jordan Powell said.