The Green Papers: Tennessee 2007 Off Year Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
2000 Census:5,700,037 (2.02% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):4,221,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):3,181,108
Capital:Nashville
 

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Tennessee State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2 Republican Senator Lamar Alexander (as candidate)
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Philip N. "Phil" Bredesen (as candidate)
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Undetermined);
5 Democratic (5 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman David Davis (as candidate)
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2
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Republican Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3
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Republican Congressman Zach Wamp (as candidate)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 4
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Democratic Congressman Lincoln Edward Davis (as candidate)
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
8 October 2007: May run for Governor in 2010.

CD 5
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Democratic Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper (as candidate)
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6
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Democratic Congressman Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7
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Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn (as candidate)
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman John S. Tanner
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 9
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Democratic Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen (as candidate)
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents
  Republican: 6 incumbents
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Right to Life
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Division of Elections
  Tennessee Registry of Election Finance
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Tennessee General Assembly
Democratic
  Tennessee Democratic Party
Republican
  Tennessee Republican Party
  The Tennessee House Republican Caucus
Third Party
  Green Party of Tennessee
  Libertarian Party of Tennessee
  Tennessee Right to Life
Media & others
  Citizen Tribune - Lakeway Region
  Cleveland Daily Banner
  DC's Political Report - Tennessee
  Franklin Review Appeal
  Lebanon Democrat & Wilson County News
  Politics1.com - Tennessee
  Rhea County Online - The Herald News - Dayton
  Shelbyville Times-Gazette
  Southern Standard - McMinnville
  The Commercial Appeal - Memphis
  The Daily News Journal - Murfreesboro
  The Elizabethton Star
  The Knoxville News Sentinel
  The Memphis Flyer
  The Mountain Press - Sevierville
  The Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge
  The Tennessean - Nashville
  Volunteer Voters
  WATE TV - ABC - Knoxville
  WBBJ TV - ABC - Jackson
  WBIR TV - NBC - Knoxville
  WDEF TV - CBS - Chattanooga
  WJHL TV - CBS - Johnson City
  WKRN TV - ABC - Nashville
  WMC TV - NBC - Memphis
  WPTY TV - ABC - Memphis
  WREG TV - Memphis
  WSMV TV - NBC - Nashville
  WTNZ TV - FOX - Knoxville
  WTVC - ABC - Chattanooga
  WTVF TV - CBS - Nashville

 


  2007 Off Year Election Home  
 
  U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party  
  U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2007 Election Dates:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
Poll Closing Times:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
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  Governors     Senate     House  
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  Senators by 'Class'  
  Governors by election 'cycle'  
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  Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance  
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  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them  
  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2007 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Political Parties  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Statewide Political Party Strength  


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