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.
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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!
Alternative Tennessee
Congressional Delegation
- Senate
- Senior Senator: Lamar Alexander (R)
- Junior Senator: Bob Corker (R)
- House of Representatives
- (7 Republicans - 2 Democrats)
- TN-01 Rep.: Phil Roe (R)
- TN-02 Rep.: Jimmy Duncan (R)
- TN-03 Rep.: Chuck Fleischmann (R)
- TN-04 Rep.: Scott DesJarlais (R)
- TN-05 Rep.: Jim Cooper (D)
- TN-06 Rep.: Diane Black (R)
- TN-07 Rep.: Marsha Blackburn (R)
- TN-08 Rep.: Stephen Fincher (R)
- TN-09 Rep.: Steve Cohen (D)
- US Congressional Delegations from Tennessee (Wikipedia)
State Government
- Executive Branch
- Governor: Bill Haslam (R)
- Lt.Gov: Ron Ramsey (R)
- Secretary of State: Tre Hargett (R)
- Treasurer : David H. Lillard Jr. (R)
- Attorney General: Robert E. Cooper, Jr. (D)
- Comptroller of the Treasury: Justin P. Wilson (R)
- Legislative Branch
- Judicial Branch
- Tennessee State Constitution
- Tennessee State Constitution (State of Tennessee)
Tennessee Cities & Counties
- Tennessee County Selection Map (U.S. Census)
- Tennessee Counties (State of Tennessee)
Elections
- Division of Elections (Tennessee Department of State)
- Past Election Results (Tennessee Department of State)
- Tennessee election results
- see U.S. elections
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee progressive resources
News, Etc
- Tennessee Newspapers (NewsLink.org)
- Tennessee Newspapers and News Media Guide(ABYZ News Links)
- Tennessee Politicians On The Issues (OnTheIssues.org)
Political Blogs
- Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal...
- Daily Kos: Tennessee
- enclave
- Jesus' General
- LeftWingCracker
- polar donkey
- RoaneViews
- Tennessee Guerilla Women
- vibinc
See also
Tennessee
Congress: TN-Sen, TN-01, TN-02, TN-03, TN-04, TN-05, TN-06, TN-07, TN-08, TN-09
State: TN-Gov, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee House, Tennessee elections, 2008, Tennessee election results
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