Contributed photo / Michele ReneauRep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, a five-term member of the Tennessee House, raised 16 times more money than her Republican challenger but lost the primary election by fewer than 150 votes.
Hazlewood raised $366,790 while winner Michele Reneau raised $22,410 in the Republican primary race for the Tennessee House District 27 seat.
“They were attacking Michele for comments and positions of other people,” Reneau campaign consultant Dalton Dismukes said in a phone interview. “I don’t think voters buy that. I think they went to the ballot yesterday and voted for the character of the candidates on the ballot.”
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Reneau, also of Signal Mountain, won the race with 4,079 votes, while Hazlewood received 3,942 votes.