The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned in June. The Assembly includes ten representatives of Knox County districts: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper speaks with Republican Senator Randy McNally, who serves the state's 5th District and begins his 32nd year in the Legislature in January. McNally won his first elected office in the House in 1978. In 1986, he won a Senate seat and has been there ever since... 