TENNESSEE

Your complete directory of Tennessee candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline: April 2010
Primary: August 2010

This page was last updated on January 4, 2009

GOVERNOR:

[ Phil Bredesen (D)* - Term Limited in 2010. ]
Lincoln Davis (D) - Congressman, Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Farmer
Harold Ford Jr. (D) - Ex-Congressman, Democratic Leadership Council Chair & '06 US Sen. Nominee
Kim McMillan (D) - Ex-State House Majority Leader, Ex-State Cabinet Member & Attorney
Marsha Blackburn (R) - Congresswoman
Bill Frist (R) - Ex-US Senate Majority Leader & Surgeon
Zach Wamp (R) - Congressman
Carl "Twofeathers" Whitaker (R) - Native American Indian Movement Chief & '02/'06 Candidate

Next Gubernatorial Election in 2010.

U.S. SENATOR:

Lamar Alexander (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.

Bob Corker (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2012.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
[ David Davis (R)* - Defeated for Renomination in 2008 Primary. ]
David "Phil" Roe (R) - Johnson City Mayor, Physician, Korean War Veteran & '06 Candidate

District 2:
John "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. (R)*

District 3:
Zach Wamp (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
[ Lincoln Davis (D)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]

District 5:
Jim Cooper (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Bart Gordon (D)*

District 7:
Marsha Blackburn (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
John Tanner (D)*

District 9:
Steve Cohen (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Tennessee
Tennessee Democratic Party
Green Party of Tennessee
Libertarian Party of Tennessee
Tennessee Republican Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

Tennessee Registry of Election Finance

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Bradley County News Weekly
Chattanooga Times-Free Press
Cleveland Daily Banner
Elizabethton Star
Franklin Review-Appeal
Knoxville News-Sentinel - (Politics Section)
Lebanon Democrat & Wilson County News
McMinnville Southern Standard
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis Flyer (Alternative) - (Politics Section)
Morristown Citizen Tribune
Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
Nashville City Paper (Alternative)
Nashville Digest
Nashville Scene (Alternative)
Nashville Tennessean
The Oak Ridger
Rhea County Herald-News
Rutherford Courier
Sevierville/Gatlinburg Mountain Press
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Sparta Expositor
TNPoliticsBlog.com
Tullahoma.net
VolunteerVoters.com

WDEF TV-12 (CBS - Chattanooga)
WTVC TV-9 (ABC - Chattanooga)
WBBJ TV-7 (ABC - Jackson)
WJHL TV-11 (CBS - Johnson City)
WATE TV-6 (ABC - Knoxville)
WBIR TV-10 (NBC - Knoxville)
WTNZ TV-43 (FOX - Knoxville)
WMC TV-5 (NBC - Memphis)
WPTY TV-24 (ABC - Memphis)
WREG TV-3 (CBS - Memphis)
WKRN TV-2 (ABC - Nashville)
WSMV TV-4 (NBC - Nashville)
WTVF TV-5 (CBS - Nashville)

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