NASHVILLE (AP) — Jeb Bush's presidential campaign has announced that it is the first to organize a full slate of Tennessee delegates to represent the former Florida governor at the Republican National Convention.
The 57-person list includes former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, prominent GOP fundraiser Steve Smith, state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and his predecessor, Bill Hagerty.
First said in a statement that he is supporting Bush because he has "the most serious policy agenda in the field."
Bush adviser Tom Ingram said the assembling of a statewide slate of delegates is a result of what he called "ground-level organizing" in one of the Super Tuesday states holding their primaries on March 1.