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Tennessee Voter Guide: Republican and Democratic primaries for US Senate. Gannett. Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean. July 12, 2024 at 6:02 AM. Your guide to the 2024 elections.
Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville. Johnson has represented part of Knoxville in the Tennessee state House since 2012. She was catapulted to a national platform when the Republican-controlled state ...
Several U.S. House districts in Tennessee have unopposed Republican and Democratic primaries on Aug. 1. ... Tennessee Voter Guide: The competitive primaries for US House on Aug. 1.
Similarly, in 1992 and 1996, Tennessee voted for the Democratic ticket of Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Al Gore, a US senator from Tennessee, both sons of the South. But in 2000, Tennessee voted for Republican George W. Bush over Al Gore by single digit margins. Since 2000, Tennessee has become a Republican stronghold, voting ...
Even-numbered state Senate districts are up for election in Tennessee in 2024. Senators serve four-year terms in the General Assembly.
Republicans won a victory in Tennessee's 2008 elections, when the party won majorities in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly for the first time since the Reconstruction Era election of 1868. Smith was unanimously re-elected at the end of 2008 to a full two-year term as chairman for calendar years 2009 and 2010.
Middle and East Tennessee are solidly Republican, while West Tennessee, owing to its high Black population, was formerly loyal to the Democrats. It has become competitive for Republicans in recent elections. In 2020, Trump had won it with 49.43% to Biden's 49.06%. Democrats had previously won West Tennessee in 2004, 2008, and 2012. [38] [39]
A Tennessee U.S. Senate seat is up for grabs, as are U.S. Congress seats, which come up every two years. Shelby County voters also will vote on state senate and house races.