There will be a contested general election in the 3rd Congressional District. Bill Taylor announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination on Thursday. James Harrison reports: Taylor, who called himself a Democrat in the tradition of former Gov. Phil…
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A TN-03 taxonomy
My, how time flies. Two years ago this month, a new blog was added to Chattarati.com called, simply enough, the “TN03 Election Blog.” Its solitary purpose: to track the candidates and issues in the election of a new U.S. Representative…
Tagged with: Chip Saltsman, Chuck Fleischmann, Marilyn Lloyd, Robin Smith, Van Irion, Weston Wamp, Zach Wamp
Posted in Tennessee Federal Elections, U.S. House Elections
Posted in Tennessee Federal Elections, U.S. House Elections
A decade in Tennessee politics: Turning a redder shade of purple
The first decade of the twenty-first century is ending, and though there is no rule that says retrospectives must be timed to coincide neatly with flips of pages in man-made calendars, such is, in practice, when they are written. Following…
Tagged with: Al Gore, Bill Frist, Bill Haslam, Bob Clement, Bob Corker, Constitution Party, Democratic Party, Don Sundquist, Ed Bryant, Green Party, Jim Henry, John Ford, John Wilder, Lamar Alexander, Libertarian Party, Lincoln Davis, Ned McWherter, Operation Tennessee Waltz, Phil Bredesen, Republican Party, Ron Ramsey, Rosalind Kurita, TEA Party, Van Hilleary, Ward Crutchfield, Zach Wamp
Posted in Ballot Initiatives, Political News, Tennessee Federal Elections, Tennessee State Elections, TN Gubernatorial Elections, TN House Elections, TN Senate Elections, U.S. Senate Elections
Posted in Ballot Initiatives, Political News, Tennessee Federal Elections, Tennessee State Elections, TN Gubernatorial Elections, TN House Elections, TN Senate Elections, U.S. Senate Elections
And justice 4-all: Hamilton County Commission deadlocked on mayor vote
The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners met this morning to decide a replacement for County Mayor Claude Ramsey, who is leaving local government to serve in Governor-elect Bill Haslam’s administration. No replacement was selected today, however, because the vote and…
The powered of the county
The 2010 elections now are fading into memory, and the national campaigns for 2012 have already begun, so this seems as good a time as any to assess Chattanooga’s clout as measured by the roles our elected officials will be…
Tagged with: Andy Berke, Bill Haslam, Bill Ketron, Bo Watson, Chuck Fleischmann, Claude Ramsey, Diane Black, Gerald McCormick, Jim Coppinger, Kevin Brooks, Larry Henry, Lincoln Davis, Nathan Deal, Pam Hurst, Scott DesJarlais, Tom Graves, Tommie Brown, Vince Dean, Zach Wamp
Posted in Political News
Posted in Political News
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