Are all of these facts coincidence? Attorney Doug Trant, Knox County Democrat Party Chairman 1989-1991. Attorney David Eldridge, Knox County Democrat Election Commission Member 1998-2003. Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner, first appointed by Democrat Governor Ned Ray McWherter to the Criminal Court bench in 1993. He was appointed because Randy Nichols moved from Criminal Court Judge to District Attorney General. Baumgartner was then elected as a Democrat in 1998 and 2006.

On August 6, 2009 the Election Commission posted Baumgartner’s July 15, 2009 financial disclosure, his political organization has $11,956.99 on hand. Should Baumgartner accept the challenge of running for re-election, it will occur in 2014.