State Representative Ryan Haynes is the NEW TN Republican Party Chairman. He won on the first and only ballot. Defeating fellow State Representative Mary Littleton and Carol Swain.

Now the talk of his replacement for when he resigns the legislature can begin. But first he will have to resign, that could be this summer or possibly later. Sidebar: I wish he wouldn’t, BUT, that is his decision.

Lou Moran, III a Knoxville Insurance Executive with Inter Agency Insurance would be an excellent caretaker until the 2016 election when Haynes term would conclude.