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Tennessee Department of State - Division of Elections
2010 Tennessee Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 4/?/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 4/?/10, Primary: 8/?/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: July 3, 2009 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
Governor, 68.6% in '06, 2nd term, Phil Bredesen (D) barred from 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Chris Cillizza: One of the Most Likely Governor to Switch Party, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-Up, |
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attorney Gordon Ball (D)?,
businessman Ward Cammack (D),
St. Sen. Roy Herron (D),
St. Econ. Dev. Comm'r. Matthew H. Kisber (D)?,
St. Sen. James F. "Jim" Kyle, Jr. (D)?,
ex-St. Rep. Kim McMillan (D),
St. Rep. Gary Odom (D)?,
businessman Mike McWherter (D),
attorney Andrew Byrd (D)??,
ex-Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell (D)??,
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U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R)?, D.A. William L. "Bill" Gibbons (R), Mayor Bill Haslam (R), St. Rep. Beth Harwell (R)?, '02 independent candidate Basil J. Marceaux (R), St. Sen. Mark Norris (R)?, St. Sen. Ron Ramsey (R), U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp (R), Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker (R), |
'02 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 congressional candidate Prohibition Party nominee June Griffin (I), entertainer John Rich (I)?, |
Senator, 50.7% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Bob Corker (R), |
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Senator, 65.2% in '08, 2nd term, next election in 2014, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Lamar Alexander (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 71.8% in '08, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican, |
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David P. "Phil" Roe (R),
ex-U.S. Rep. David Davis (R-TN), maintenance worker Mike Donihe (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 78.2% in '08, 12th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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John J. Duncan, Jr. (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 69.4% in '08, 8th term, Zach Wamp (R) running for Governor, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
| '06 nominee Brent Benedict (D), ex-St. Ins. Comm'r. Paula Flowers (D), |
businessman Mark DeVol (R),
retired engineer Tommy Crangle (R),
ex-radio host / attorney Chuck Fleischmann (R),
Sheriff Tim Gobble (R),
engineer Greg Goodwin (R),
attorney Art Rhodes (R),
activist Robin Smith (R),
St. Sen. Dewayne Bunch (R)??,
businessman Wayne Cropp (R)??,
St. Rep. Gerald McCormick (R)??,
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4th Congressional District, 58.8% in '08, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Lincoln Davis (D), |
Donald "Don" Strong (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 65.9% in '08, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| James H. "Jim" Cooper (D), |
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6th Congressional District, 74.4% in '08, 13th term, might retire, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Barton J. "Bart" Gordon (D), |
Maj. Gen. Dave Evans (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 68.6% in '08, 4th term, might run for Gov in '10, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| professor Greg Rabidoux |
Marsha Blackburn (R), |
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8th Congressional District, unopposed in '08, 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| John S. Tanner (D), |
consultant / Navy vet Donn James (R), '08 write-in candidate Craig R. Steinfels (R), |
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9th Congressional District, 87.9% in '08, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Stephen I "Steve" Cohen (D),
Mayor Willie W. Herenton (D)?, |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
 = Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to Tennessee Political Parties:
4. Tennessee Media Links:
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