From the News Sentinel:
A review of state campaign finance disclosures shows former Sen. Jamie Woodson, the Knoxville Republican who was speaker pro tempore until resigning July 7, has $127,564 in her campaign account.
Woodson, now the CEO of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education, or SCORE, a statewide education reform organization, said Wednesday that she has no plans for the account.
“SCORE is a nonpartisan organization. It is important to me as well as SCORE’s board that we fully commit to that nonpartisan nature. I do not have any specific plans for the account, and am not contributing to candidates for public office,” Woodson said.
Drew Rawlins, executive director of the state Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, said Woodson has several choices under the law for the money.
She can make contributions to her political party, charities, candidates, existing scholarship funds or form a political action committee and put the money there or contribute to an existing PAC, he said.