By AP
Nashville, TN – Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam says electing the state's attorney general could lead to an infusion of politics into an office that should be focused on protecting the state's legal interest. Haslam says an elected attorney general may focus more on political advancement than legal issues. Haslam says he will not oppose efforts by Republicans in the General Assembly to push for an elected attorney general. But, the governor says, lawmakers should consider the downside of making it an elected position. The Tennessee attorney general is appointed by the state Supreme Court to an eight-year term. Two separate resolutions are before the state Senate allowing Tennesseans to decide in 2014 whether to amend the state Constitution and create an elected attorney general.