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Tennessee Department of State - Division of Elections
2010 Tennessee Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 4/1/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 4/1/10, Primary: 8/5/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: February 2, 2010 |
| 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, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-Up, |
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St. Sen. James F. "Jim" Kyle, Jr. (D),
ex-St. Rep. Kim McMillan (D),
businessman Mike McWherter (D),
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D.A. William L. "Bill" Gibbons (R), Mayor Bill Haslam (R), businessman Joe Kirkpatrick (R), '02 independent candidate Basil J. Marceaux (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),
maintenance worker Mike Donihe (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 78.2% in '08, 12th term, 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: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republilcan, |
| researcher Brad Parish (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), |
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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: Likely Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Lincoln Davis (D), |
attorney Jack Bailey (R), activist Pat Bugg (R), activist Ron Harwell (R), physician Scott E. DesJarlais (R), 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),
Eric Pearson (D), |
banker Jarod Scott (R), businessman Lonnie Spivak (R), |
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6th Congressional District, 74.4% in '08, Barton J. "Bart" Gordon (D) retiring after 13th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democrat, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Hotline's Competitive House Race, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic, |
| Sheriff Terry Ashe (D)?, Mayor Tommy Bragg (D)?, retiree George Erdel (D), Mayor Jo Ann Graves (D)?, attorney George Phillips (D)?, farmer Jack Pratt (D)?, political consultant Andy Spears (D)?, congressional aide Kent Syler (D)?, Ex-St. Sen. Andy Womack (D)?, |
St. Sen. Diane Black (R), reitred Maj. Gen. Dave Evans (R), businessman Gary Mann (R), businessman Kerry Roberts (R), St. Sen. Jim Tracy (R), party activist Lou Ann Zelenik (R), '06 nominee / quality control engineer farmer2010.com/ John Farmer dropped out www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s13.html St. Sen. Bill Ketron St. Sen. Mae Beavers www.tnsenate.com/members/Ketron-Bill/Ketron-bio.htm St. Sen. senatorbillketron.net/ Bill Ketron advocate Ben Cunningham > |
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7th Congressional District, 68.6% in '08, 4th term, 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, John S. Tanner (D) retiring after 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Tossup, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Hotline's Competitive House Race, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| St. Sen. Roy Herron (D), prof. Luther Mercer, Jr. (D), Ag. Extension Service leader Mary Kate Ridgeway (D)?, |
farmer Stephen Fincher (R), Co. Comm'r. George S. Flinn, Jr. (R), Dr. Ron Kirkland (R), |
TEA Party activist / consultant / Navy vet Donn Janes (I), |
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),
ex-Mayor Willie W. Herenton (D)?, |
businesswoman Charlotte Bergmann (R), |
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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. |
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4. Tennessee Media Links:
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