A Former State Representative From Carter County Has Tossed His Hat Into The Ring And Will Seek The Republican Nomination For The Fourth District. Elizabethton Attorney Jerome Cochran, Who Lost The Nomination To Kent Williams, Also Of Elizabethton, In The Last Two Republican Primaries, Said He Reached His Decision To Run For The Post Following An Outpouring Of Support From Family And Friends. Cochran Is Being Challenged In The August 5th Primary By Fellow Republican Priscilla Steele And Kent Williams Who’s Running As An Independent After Being Stripped Of His Right To Run As A Republican. The General Election Is Set For November 2nd.