State Senator Joey Hensley and State Representative David Byrd have recommended a Hohenwald attorney to be a Lewis County election commissioner.

State Election Commission member Donna Rowland Barrett of Murfreesboro was notified last week by Hensley that Caleb D. Thomas is who the lawmakers' prefer, Hensley said.

Thomas "is the son of ... David Thomas who had to resign from the commission because he went to work for the county," the senator said Monday. David Thomas recently became Lewis County Mayor Jonah Keltner's executive assistant, thereby opening a seat on the election commission.

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