Robby Starbuck, a Republican congressional candidate running in the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, was removed from the ballot again after a state Supreme Court ruling on Friday.
Starbuck, a Cuban-American filmmaker, was restored to the ballot on Monday for the Aug. 4 primary after his request for a temporary injunction was granted by a judge. Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins ruled that the Tennessee Republican Party’s executive committee violated the state’s Open Meetings Act when it decided to remove Starbuck from the ballot in April, because the 13–3 vote to remove him was carried out behind closed doors.
