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In 2008, the Tennessee Republican Party issued a press release that featured a photo of Senator Obama dressed in traditional Kenya clothing that the TN GOP called "Muslim attire" and used Obama's middle name "Hussein." Both Senator John McCain and State Democratic Chairman Gray Sasser decried the press release. [17] [18]
Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. [1] [2] Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, a majority of Congressional seats, and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville, Memphis, and parts of Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, and Jackson.
Gloria Johnson (born May 25, 1962) [1] is an American politician and Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives currently representing District 90, and formerly District 13, based in Knoxville. [2]
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 ...
The district is based in Knoxville and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. The area is known for being the home of the flagship campus for the University of Tennessee, hosting the 1982 World's Fair, and for being the headquarters for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Ruby Tuesday, and Pilot Flying J.
Republican state Rep. Michele Carringer, 62, won reelection. She served on the Knox County Commission from 2012-2020, and she's been in state office since 2021.
The 18th District includes parts of West Knoxville and West Knox County, and was redrawn in 2022 to include South Knoxville and conservative South Knox County as well. Davis beat her Democratic ...
There have been 19 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, serving from 1861 to 1865, and the most recent being Donald Trump. See: List of presidents of the United States. This is a list of the official state and territorial party organizations of the Republican Party.