Michael Shane Wilcher, the often outspoken and sometimes controversial freshman commissioner from the 3rd District, has set his sights on the bigger picture as he has officially qualified to challenge Janice Bowling for Tennessee Senate.Wilcher will be the lone candidate who will face Bowling for the Republican nomination. The 16th Senatorial District includes seven counties: Warren, Van Buren, Marion, Grundy, Sequatchie, Franklin and Coffee.“I’m running for a few reasons,” said Wilcher. “I would serve the people across the seven-county district with the same attention and fight I have Warren County citizens and I would do an excellent job of it.