An Elizabethton lawmaker trying to regain his party credentials won’t be getting any help from a fellow lawmaker. Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker says he won’t get involved in whether state House Speaker Kent Williams should have his GOP credentials restored. Corker called the matter “a local and state issue.” Williams was stripped of his Republican credentials earlier this year for banding together with the chamber’s 49 Democrats to be elected speaker over the Republican nominee by a single vote.