The aspirations to serve as a United States Senator ended Friday, when Crockett County native Stephen Fincher, a former U.S. Representative, removed himself from contention.

Fincher said the GOP should support a candidate who can win the 2018 general election against former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, who is looking to flip the seat held by Bob Corker from Republican to Democrat.

Fincher, who appeared at the Southwest Tennessee Development District Legislative Luncheon, Jan. 3, 2018, discussed with WNWS.COM the responsibilities of working as a public servant.

“It’s really important who we send to Washington and who we send to Nashville to govern, and be responsible and make decisions that are going to change everyday American lives, and everyday Tennesseans lives,” Stephen Fincher said. “We have too many people who go into public service who do not care about anything but getting re-elected over and over. They don’t care about fixing actual problems.”

Fincher served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District from 2011 to 2017.

(PHOTO: Ed Jackson, State Senator from Jackson, talks with Stephen Fincher, former candidate for U.S. Senate from Crockett County, following the Southwest Tennessee Development District Legislative Luncheon, Jan. 3)

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