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Karl Dean campaigns in Newport
Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean stopped off in Newport on Tuesday, in his campaign to receive the Democratic nomination for governor of Tennessee. Dean said he served two terms as mayor, during the 1980's, and he saw good times and economically challenging times. The candidate says his executive experience prepares him well for the governorship, with his primary interests being education and economic opportunities. Dean calls himself pragmatic "with an interest in getting things done." He has a strong disagreement with the Tennessee legislature and it's refusal to expand Tenncare with additional federal Medicaid funding. Governor Bill Haslam had pushed for the plan dubbed Insure Tennessee. "I think it was a real opportunity to help people in Tennessee have more access to insurance and give them better healthcare. By turning down the federal money we lost millions of dollars that could have been used to help state residents, and we should have done that." Dean is proud of the progress the urban areas of Tennessee have experienced in recent years, but he points out, not every community is doing so well. "I am proud of how well Nashville has done, as a result of a strong economy and tax base, but I think if you look around you find areas that are doing well and other areas that are not doing so great. And one thing we need to do is to make sure all parts of the state have more jobs and prosperity. That would be my goal to help those parts of the state."
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