Tennessee

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Democrats tend to think of Tennessee fondly as the home state of Al Gore, America's most competent and accomplished Vice President and the fellow who would have won the 2000 presidential election but for a 5-4 straight "party-line vote" in the U.S. Supreme Court. Tennessee is also the cultural center of Southern and country-western culture in the United States. Memphis is known for its gospel scene and is the home of Graceland, a momument to Elvis. Nashville is home to numerous recording studios.

The state is often described as having three "grand divisions": West (Memphis), Middle (Nashville) and East (Chattanooga). Tennessee is one of the less reliably Republican states in the South, in part because the plantation culture that was so rooted in the Deep South didn't prosper in the small farmer hill country of Tennessee. The Tennessee Republican Party is also ideologically divided between the "Legacy" or Country Club Republicans of the East and the more strident Christian Right Republicans of the Middle and West.

The geographic and ideological divisions account for the strong primary candidacies of former Representative Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary, both of the strident variety, and more moderate Bob Corker, the mayor of Chattanooga.

Contents 1 Facts 2 Alternative Tennessee 3 Congressional Delegation 4 State Government 5 Tennessee Cities & Counties 6 Elections 7 News, Etc 8 Political Blogs 9 See also

Facts

• During the Civil War, Tennessee produced the largest number of Confederate Army deserters who then took the oath of allegiance and joined the Union Army, 32% of the total!
• To date, 57 Tennesseans have been killed in the War in Iraq.

Alternative Tennessee

• The Farm

Congressional Delegation

• Senate
  • Senior Senator: Lamar Alexander (R)
  • Junior Senator: Bill Frist (R)

• House of Representatives
  • TN-01 Rep.: William L. Jenkins (R)
  • TN-02 Rep.: John J. Duncan (R)
  • TN-03 Rep.: Zach Wamp (R)
  • TN-04 Rep.: Lincoln Davis (D)
  • TN-05 Rep.: Jim Cooper (D)
  • TN-06 Rep.: Bart Gordon (D)
  • TN-07 Rep.: Marsha Blackburn (R)
  • TN-08 Rep.: John Tanner (D)
  • TN-09 Rep.: Steve Cohen (D)

• US Congressional Delegations from Tennessee (Wikipedia)

State Government

• Executive Branch
  • Governor: Phil Bredesen (D)
  • Lt.Gov: John S. Wilder (D)
  • Secretary of State: Riley C. Darnell (D)
  • Treasurer : Dale Sims (D)
  • Attorney General: Paul G. Summers (D)
  • Comptroller of the Treasury: John G. Morgan ()

• Legislative Branch
  • Tennessee General Assembly

• Judicial Branch
  • Tennessee Judiciary

• Tennessee State Constitution
  • Tennessee State Constitution (State of Tennessee)

Tennessee Cities & Counties

• Tennessee County Selection Map (U.S. Census)
• Tennessee Counties (National Association of Counties}
• Tennessee Counties (State of Tennessee)
• Tennessee County Profiles (University of Tennessee)

Elections

• Division of Elections (Tennessee Department of State)
• Past Election Results (Tennessee Department of State)
• 2008 Elections
  • Tennessee elections, 2008
• 2006 Elections
  • Tennessee U.S. Senate election, 2006
  • Tennessee U.S. House election, 2006
  • Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2006
  • Tennessee State Senate elections, 2006
  • Tennessee State House elections, 2006
• Tennessee election results
• see U.S. elections

News, Etc

• Tennessee Newspapers (NewsLink.org)
• Tennessee Newspapers and News Media Guide(ABYZ News Links)
• Tennessee Politicians On The Issues (OnTheIssues.org)

Political Blogs

• Great Smokey
• The Ford Report
• Jesus' General
• LeftWingCracker
• Nashville's Talking
• Resonance
• RoaneViews
• SharonCobb
• Tennessee Guerilla Women
• TV On The Fritz

See also