An email brings us news that 2022 Tennessee Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Jason Martin has plans to visit each of the state’s 95 counties to win his party’s nomination.
We would not make light of his vow, but these days it would almost be an upset if he didn’t say he was going to make the grand tour.
“Can you pitch in to fuel our 95-county listening tour that’s underway?” Martin writes to potential donors.
He’s in good company.
In 2018, then-Republican candidate, now Gov. Bill Lee, conducted a 95-county tour across the state in his recreational vehicle when he first launched his campaign. He followed that with a 95-county tractor tour to emphasize his commitment to rural areas and farming communities. He wound up his primary campaign with a town hall tour that hit 50 locations.