If Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr aims to be the next Dave Brat, the Virginia college professor who upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his primary election earlier this month, he’ll have to get on his horse.
Carr, actually called the “next Dave Brat” in one analysis by CNBC, would like to upend two-term U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., in the state’s August primary by suggesting the senator is out of touch with his constituents.
That was the same argument made about Cantor, but Tennesseans may have a hard time buying that one. Although the Senate is in session Monday through Thursday, Alexander has spent more than half of his nights since being elected back in the Volunteer State, according to an aide.
This is also the guy who also walked 1,000 miles across the state in a red and black plaid shirt in his 1978 campaign for governor and later served as University of Tennessee president.
After last Tuesday’s election, folks also might be a bit confused about the headline “Tennessee is the Next Mississippi” on Carr’s website.