Dave Ramsey endorses Wamp
Congressman Zach Wamp, R-Chattanooga, has scored the second business celebrity endorsement this week in Tennessee’s gubernatorial race, winning the support of Nashville-based financial guru Dave Ramsey.
Wamp is in a three-way race with Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey of Blountville for the Republican nomination to face Democrat Mike McWherter in the governor’s race. Party primaries are Aug. 5. Dave Ramsey will host a fundraising event for Wamp at his Franklin home on July 1.
“We the people are looking for freedom from government control over our personal lives and our wallets,” Ramsey said in a statement. “Taxes are out of control because government spending is out of control.”
Ramsey’s Brentwood-based The Lampo Group employs 285 people and provides financial planning resources and classes based on Ramsey’s debt-free principles.