Op-Ed: In The Theater Of Tennessee Politics, Candidates Often Run On Platforms Of “Change” And “New Direction”. Yet, When You Pull Back The Curtain On The Campaign Finance Reports For Tony Hullender, A Candidate For The District 27 Seat, We Don’t Find A Clean Break From The Past. Instead, We See The Echoes Of The Very Establishment That Voters Were Seemingly Eager To Move On From Just Two Years Ago.