Scottie Mayfield's nascent congressional campaign isn't souring, they insist [2] [bonus bow tie]:
He's not debating, speaking or even appearing in public anytime soon, but Scottie Mayfield's congressional campaign rejected rumors of its own demise five days after police said the dairy executive's 33-year-old son slashed a rival aide's tire at a campaign event.
"We're moving forward," spokesman Joe Hendrix said Tuesday.
Mayfield is challenging U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann in Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District Republican primary. Using surveillance footage taken during a sparsely attended Mayfield rally at the Roane County Courthouse last week, police charged Michael Mayfield with vandalism under $500 after he confessed to using a pocketknife to disable a Fleischmann aide's left rear tire.