That was the appeal made by Rep. Joey Hensley in his election efforts in 2010, fighting back against accusations from the Lawrence County Democrats that Hensley and the GOP would be splitting the Lawrence County baby. In response, Hensley put an add in the newspaper which stated:
FACT: Legislative districts are determined by the Political Party in charge of the Legislature during the redistricting process which in 2011 will be the Republican Party. A Democrat [sic] Representative (Calvin Moore) will have no control over the redistricting process. With a Republican Governor (Bill Haslam) and a Republican controlled Legislature, Joey Hensley will protect Lawrence County from being divided and continue to represent all of the citizens of Lawrence County.
Bold claims from a bold man, unfortunately, Hensley forgot to add a disclaimer that he thinks Lawrence County ends about a 3/4 quarters of the way that the State of Tennessee envisions the border of Lawrence County. Unless, and I shudder to even think this, Hensley was either lying about what he wanted, or his fellow Republicans forsake him in drawing the borders of the 70th district. Either way, if Hensley is a man of his word, he will vote against the proposed district changes from his party's leadership and push for a whole Lawrence county.
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