NASHVILLE -- Jim Bryson and his consulting firm, 20/20 Research Inc., were served with eviction papers by their landlord for failure to pay rent. Bryson claims he’s a successful businessman, but history shows he can [...]
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Bryson Dodges Eviction
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006Bryson Has Financial Ties to Special Interests
Monday, October 16th, 2006From News Channel 5: Nashville -- Operation Tennessee Waltz has become an issue in the governor's race, with Jim Bryson questioning how Phil Bredesen has handled ethics issues over the last four years. But could one of Bryson's attacks come back to [...]
Bryson Twists Truth on Outdoor Activities
Thursday, October 5th, 2006From the Knoxville News Sentinel: NASHVILLE - Though describing himself as a hunter and fisherman during a Knoxville debate, records show that Republican gubernatorial nominee Jim Bryson has never held a hunting or fishing license in either Tennessee or his native [...]
Corker Lies Again; Republicans 'Panic'
Friday, September 15th, 2006There goes Bob Corker again. Roundly criticized by media outlets and independent watchdog groups for running misleading ads about his opponents in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, Corker has decided to stick to his dishonest tactics in his clash with Democrat [...]
Bryson 'Lies' About Marriage Amendment
Friday, September 1st, 2006From the Knoxville News Sentinel: SOMERVILLE, Tenn. - Republican gubernatorial nominee Jim Bryson is telling voters that Gov. Phil Bredesen refused to sign legislation authorizing a statewide vote on banning same-sex marriage when he had the chance - a contention the Bredesen campaign says is "an [...]
Bryson Won't Take 'Big Stick' To Shirley Ward
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Jim Bryson claims he's got a 'big stick' when it comes to fair elections, but he won't censure his chief supporter in West Tennessee, Shirley Ward, who last week was charged with felony voter fraud. "Earlier this year, Jim Bryson led the charge to oust Senator Ophelia Ford before the legal process examining [...]
Bryson Flip Flops on Laser Attacks
Saturday, August 19th, 2006NASHVILLE - As Jim Bryson's "Big Double Talk" bus tour keeps rolling across Tennessee, Victory 2006 takes a somewhat humorous jab with ... Big Fact #10 About Jim Bryson: Jim Bryson voted against laser-pointer attacks in the legislature, then stood by while his campaign staff aimed laser beams [...]
Bryson Bus Tour a 'Horrendous Flop'
Thursday, August 17th, 2006From the the Nashville Scene : Last month, a group of grassroots religionists announced they were forming a “prayer force” for Republican state Sen. Jim Bryson, a 45-year-old market research executive in need of divine intervention in his quest to unseat Gov. Phil Bredesen, who is so popular with voters he led [...]
Bryson Consulting Clients Hire Illegal Immigrants
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006NASHVILLE - As Jim Bryson continues his "Big Double-Talk" bus tour across Tennessee, Victory 2006 is turning up the heat with... Big Fact #3 About Jim Bryson: At least a half-dozen of Jim Bryson's consulting clients have been fined for using illegal immigrant labor. "Jim Bryson has zero credibility [...]
Dunn Has Love Affair with Income Tax
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006NASHVILLE - In the continuing effort to shed light on Jim Bryson's "Big Double Talk," Victory 2006, the Tennessee Democratic Party's coordinated campaign, proudly presents ... Big Fact #2 About Jim Bryson: When Jim Bryson needed someone to run his campaign, he tapped former governor Winfield Dunn [...]
Bryson, Senate GOP Kill Minimum Wage Hike
Saturday, May 27th, 2006In a widely anticipated move, Jim Bryson and the GOP Caucus of the state Senate Friday killed a bill that would have established a Tennessee minimum wage of $6.15 an hour, one dollar above the federally mandated minimum [...]
Fundraising Questions, Infighting Beset GOP
Monday, May 22nd, 2006As the current session of the General Assembly rolls toward its conclusion this week, things just keep getting worse for Jim Bryson, Ron Ramsey, and the Senate Republican Caucus. On Wednesday, Bryson suffered a [...]
Bryson-led Effort to Kill Cover Tennessee Fails
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006Governor Phil Bredesen won a major legislative victory today when his popular Cover Tennessee initiative passed the state Senate on a nearly unanimous vote. State Senator Jim Bryson, a potential GOP nominee for governor, suffered a [...]
Bryson Leads GOP Effort to Kill Cover Tennessee
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Bryson led an effort in the state Senate to kill Governor Phil Bredesen’s plan to provide affordable, portable health insurance to working Tennesseans. Bryson, a first-term legislator who’s stepping down from the Senate to run for governor, filed an amendment to Bredesen’s Cover [...]
Indecisive Bryson Not Gubernatorial Material
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006From Tuesday's Nashville City Paper: State Sen. Jim Bryson needs to decide if he really wants to lead the state of Tennessee from the executive office. Yes, Bryson, a Republican, has entered the gubernatorial race against incumbent Democrat Gov. Phil Bredesen. He has filed papers to seek the state’s highest office [...]
Senate Republicans Go On a Spending Spree
Thursday, April 20th, 2006Following the lead of their free-spending Washington brethren, Republicans in the Tennessee Senate, led by Jim Bryson and Mark Norris, continue to push for massive increases in state spending. In a speech to the Tennessee Business Roundtable Wednesday, Governor Phil Bredesen attacked these reckless proposals [...]
Bryson's Consulting Relationships Raise Questions
Monday, April 3rd, 2006Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke today called on State Senator Jim Bryson to make available a detailed list of his marketing-research firm's consulting clients, and to identify which clients have had or may still have business before the Tennessee General Assembly or state government. "To date, Senator Bryson has [...]
Bryson Pushes TennCare, Consults for Pfizer
Monday, October 24th, 2005Republican State Senator Jim Bryson appeared on Knoxville talk radio station WNOX-FM this past weekend to bash the Bredesen Administration and call for additional TennCare reform. Political observers will recall that Bryson, during the closing days of the 2005 legislative session, submitted a bill that would have sent tens of millions of dol [...]
