“Leaders put the health and safety of those they serve ahead of their own personal political gain,” said James, who closed his law practice after 9/11 and volunteered for the U.S. Army, serving as a Screaming Eagle in the 101st Airborne Division. “Yesterday, I cast my ballot safely at home as all voters are eligible to do in the August election and I’m asking all Tennesseans to let me serve again in a new crisis. There’s a perfect storm for change gathering across Tennessee and over the next 99 days, voters will have a choice between a combat veteran who stepped up to serve after 9/11 and is asking to serve again, or a rubber stamp for the very people that have made Tennessee the leader in rural hospital closures per person, ignored the opioid epidemic, conducted a trade war that hurt our economy more than any other state, and have mishandled the pandemic response with deadly consequences.”