New TNJ edition alert: State GOP executive committee update, finalists emerge from SCOTENN sweepstakes, Dole’s legacy in Tennessee

The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here’s what we delve into this week:
— GOP executive committee mulls judicial candidate fees, pride coalition, presidential convention.
— Three finalists emerge for state Supreme Court vacancy after one leading candidate drops out to take top legal job in Lee administration.
— Political roundup: Bridgestone looks to turn the tables on the clawback provision, Memphis politicos leave for Nashville and don’t come back, and Slatery gets awarded.
— Obituary: Bob Dole outmaneuvered two of Tennessee’s most prominent Republicans on the national political stage.
Also: Kelvin Jones mounts an Alabama defense under questioning about buried cash, Knoxville kicks of 40th anniversary celebrations for 1982 World’s Fair, and Jon Huntsman likens Bob Corker to Led Zeppelin.
As always, access your copy of the TNJ here or subscribe here.
Report: GOP considering Nashville as alternate presidential convention site
Republican officials plan to tour Nashville later this week as a potential alternate site for the party’s presidential convention, Politico reports.
Other potential locations reportedly include Las Vegas, Orlando, Jacksonville, and Georgia. The move comes as questions have been raised about whether the event can be held in Charlotte, the original site for the Republican National Convention. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has said it’s up to Republicans to demonstrate they can safely hold the convention there.
Nashville hasn’t been opened for large conventions or sporting events so far.