Pretty much. Tennessee politics are about as corrupt as it gets and it's not just the state house.....
Ever heard of Byron Looper? He's the guy who shot his incumbent opponent dead at point blank range a few years ago while running for a state house seat. Looper stalked this guy, found him tending to his cows on his farm and shot him in the head. That one hit close to home because a very old friend of mine used to have Looper as his roommate. Looper was a crook from the time I first met him when he was about 18.