Leatherwood treasurer joins Herenton campaign team

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More from Bartholomew Sullivan, The CA's correspondent in D.C., on the "Herenton for Congress" campaign committee. See the earlier post below for more details on documents so far filed by Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton's congressional campaign team.

The campaign's custodian of the committee's records, William H. "Bill" Watkins Jr., of the accounting firm Watkins Uiberall PLLC is a former chairman of the Tennessee Board of Regents and served as treasurer of Republican Tom Leatherwood's campaign committee when he made an unsuccessful primary run against U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn last year.

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