State Representative Stacey Campfield is reporting that Senator Ron Ramsey has won the position again of Republican Leader in the Senate. Senator Randy McNally has lost his position as Minority Caucus Chairman to Sen. Mark Norris.

Congratulations, Senator Ramsey and Senator Norris.  Good luck…

Campfield is here.

Tomorrow is the big day for the House…stay tuned.

Also, I ran across this over at the Wik-whatever-you-call-it site on Senator Ramsey. Sen. Ramsey may want to edit the write-up…it looks like a hit piece to me. Here’s the timestamp from when it says it was edited:

This page was last modified 16:35, 9 November 2006

It writes up bull like this:

Ramsey organized an August 1999 Nashville meeting with then TennCare Director Brian Lapps that was also attended by State Reps. Steve Godsey, David Davis, and Jason Mumpower at the request of then King Pharmaceuticals lobbyist Jim Holcomb that was successful in placing the Monarch Pharmaceuticals (a King Pharmaceuticals subsidiary that flew the Northeast Tennessee legislators aboard a King Pharmaceuticals corporate jet) branded drug Altace to the TennCare Preferred Drug List. Ramsey was later quoted stating about bringing about the addition of Altace before TennCare Director Lapps is that, I’m proud of setting up that meeting. What it did was provide good jobs and good benefits for a company in my district.[5] Lapps resigned as TennCare Director underdate of September 27, 1999.[6]

Notice how the article implies some wrongdoing by Brian Lapps. That’s a total bunch of bunk, I’m telling you right here and now. Don Sundquist wanted Lapps to take an income tax dog and pony show on the road. Lapps wouldn’t sell it.

But beware as well of the Wiki article, notice that it also says this:

Ramsey was defeated in his 2005 bid to be elected as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee and Senate Speaker when John S. Wilder convinced two Republicans to join a Democratic minority to vote for him. Ron Ramsey is running again for Lieutenant Governor in 2007, with Randy McNally being another Republican candidate.[1]

What’s up with that? Who wrote the Wikipedia article? Watch your back, Sen. Ramsey. McNally losing the Chairmanship may be part of deals being brokered.

I’ve got no evidence of that…just be careful.