Denied: Rep. John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge, lost a challenge to his Aug. 1 Republican primary loss. (Photo: John Partipilo) The Tennessee Republican Party’s State Executive Committee voted overwhelmingly to ...

The Tennessee Republican Party’s State Executive Committee has denied Oak Ridge Rep. John Ragan’s challenge of his loss to primary challenger Rick Scarbrough. Ragan lost the August primary in House ...

John Ragan is my choice in the Republican primary for state representative of House District 33. He is twice a servant, first serving our nation as a career U.S. Air Force officer and then the ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Aug. 19, The Oak Ridger published a news story on Tennessee Rep. John Ragan's challenge to the results of the Aug. 1 election. Those results showed he lost the Republican Party ...

Tennessee state Rep. John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge, is challenging his primary loss, alleging more than 1,000 Anderson County voters who were not legitimate Republicans crossed over to cast a GOP ballot in ...

I am not an advocate of socialism, but I must comment on John Ragan’s recent opinion piece in The Oak Ridger, “Beware of the Siren’s Song on Socialism,” where he provides limited examples of the ...

John Ragan is a sore loser, whining that independent voters pushed Rick Scarbrough to victory in the Republican primary. Instead of graciously accepting defeat, he is now trying to disenfranchise ...

I support Rep. John Ragan for Tennessee House District 33. Ragan is not a single-issue incumbent, but he is being challenged by single-issue challengers. For brevity, I will discuss only three of the ...