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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]
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.
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.
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.
After former TNGA Representative Ryan A. Haynes resigned May 27, 2015, to serve as the Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, Zachary and Knox County school board member Karen Carson sought to fill the remaining one year left in the vacated term of Rep. Ryan A. Haynes in a special election that officials estimated cost Knox County taxpayers over $100,000.
The site has branded incumbents like Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol and Rep. Jason Zachary, R-Knoxville ― known elsewhere as conservative stalwarts in the legislature ― as "Republican in name only."
2008 Knox County, Tennessee County Commission District 8 Seat B Republican primary [6] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Dave C. Wright (incumbent) 2,153 : 40.94 : Republican: Gailen Porter 1,506 28.64 Republican: Kay Frazier 1,001 19.03 Republican: Jim Eubanks 469 8.92 Republican: Maurice David Freed 130 2.47 Total votes 5,259 : 100.00
Allie Feinberg, Knoxville News Sentinel December 4, 2024 at 5:12 AM For a guy who hasn't said he's running for governor, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs sure looks like he's running for governor.