Sen. Beverly Marrero
Where in the world is Sen. Jim Kyle? He missed all of this week’s legislative session, and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey speculates Kyle is staying away to give Sen. Beverly Marrero a little time to cool off. We wouldn’t count on that happening if we were Kyle.
Kyle stabbed Marrero in the back in a bitter, backroom Senate redistricting deal last week. Originally, Republicans put Kyle in the heavily Republican district of right-winger Brian Kelsey. But in return for Kyle’s vote, they changed their minds and agreed to place Kyle and Marrero in a new Memphis district that’s mostly Kyle’s old one.
Kyle’s betrayal of Marrero has turned her into a sudden cause célèbre of liberals, who are denouncing what they see as a sexist plot against women in power and calling on her to make a quixotic run for the U.S. Senate against Bob Corker.
Marrero insists she’s running for reelection this year. “Those days of women just saying, 'You take it and I'll go home,' are over,” she says.
