Republican Congressman Jimmy Duncan's Campaign Paid His Son Nearly $300,000
The Duncans are a Tennessee political dynasty—and, allegedly, a very lucrative one.
Kelly Weill
KELLY WEILL
07.10.17 1:00 AM ET
Forget questions about the Trumps—a Tennessee politician has been lavishing the funds from his campaign coffers on family members long before the first family moved into the White House.
Rep. Jimmy Duncan Jr., a Republican congressman who represents Knoxville, has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign money into his family members and their businesses since at least 2013, campaign finance filings first reported by the Knoxville News-Sentinel reveal. The payments included hundreds of thousands to an apparently non-existent company registered to Duncan’s son, who previously pleaded guilty to a felony relating to the alleged misappropriation of government funds.
The Duncans are a Tennessee political dynasty. Patriarch John Duncan Sr. first took local office in 1959, when he won a special election to replace Knoxville’s deceased mayor. In 1965, Duncan Sr. made the leap to Congress, representing Tennessee’s second district until his death in 1988. His son, Duncan Jr. won a special election to replace him, and has held the congressional seat with virtually no opposition for nearly three decades. Duncan Jr.’s sister, Becky Duncan Massey, is a member of the Tennessee Senate representing Knoxville and its surrounding county.
Duncan Jr.’s son, John Duncan III, has also been viewed as a political up-and-comer. He was elected Knox County Trustee in 2010. The election was an easy victory for Duncan III, who ran unopposed in the general election, and whose only primary opponent dropped out before the vote.
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