Politics | Senate Republicans No. 3 Republican Throws Support to Sotomayor Says they may disagree, but she's 'well-qualified' By Matt Cantor Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:18 AM CDT Copied Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, with Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, talks about their amendment to give taxpayers the GM stock, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Lamar Alexander today became the first Republican leader to support Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, Politico reports. Her “political and judicial philosophy may be different than mine, especially regarding Second Amendment rights,” the third-ranking GOP senator said, but “I will vote to confirm her because she is well-qualified by experience, temperament, character and intellect.” Read These Next North Carolina shooting suspect once walked the red carpet. The gunman who killed 4 at a Michigan church was an ex-marine. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. Report an error