Senate Speaker Ron RamseyNASHVILLE - Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says there are at least three Republican candidates for the next state attorney general he believes can do as good a job or better than the Democrat they would replace.
The Blountville Republican spoke to reporters following a State Building Commission meeting on Thursday.
Tennessee Supreme Court justices are trying to decide which of the six candidates, including incumbent AG Bob Cooper, will hold the post.
Three of the high court's justices are Democrats, and two are Republican. The Democratic justices won their retention elections last month following a contentious campaign spearheaded by Ramsey to defeat them and give Republicans control of the state's highest court.
Ramsey's campaign heavily focused on Cooper's role as attorney general, including his refusal to join a lawsuit against President Barack Obama's health care law.