The Green Papers: Tennessee 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Thursday 7 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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
Thursday 7 August 2008 polling hours 8:00a EDT (1200 UTC) / 8:00a CDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC) / 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC). The polls close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 8:00a EST (1300 UTC) / 8:00a CST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC) / 7:00p CST (0100 UTC). The polls close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.
 

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Tennessee State and Local Government

Tennessee 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 11 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
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
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Lamar Alexander
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Gary Gene Davis
• FEC S2TN00082: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Kevin Doherty
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher Joseph "Chris' Lugo
• FEC S6TN00315: $2,138
    Democratic     Michael Ray "Mike" McWherter - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew 27 November 2007.
• FEC S8TN00212: $134,276
  Candidate Democratic     William Michael "Mike" Padgett
• FEC S8TN00246: $78,725
  Candidate Democratic     Robert Dudley "Bob" Tuke
• 5 December 2007: Announced he will not run. Filed a Statement of Candidacy with the FEC on 27 February 2008.
• FEC S8TN00238: $225,783
  Candidate Republican     Senator Lamar Alexander
• FEC S2TN00058: $3,982,716
  Candidate Republican     Daniel John Essek
  Candidate Libertarian     Daniel T. Lewis
• FEC S8TN00253: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Christopher G. Fenner
• FEC S2TN00090: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     David "None Of The Above" Gatchell
  Candidate Independent     Emory "Bo" Heyward
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
• 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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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman David Davis
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Republican     Congressman David Davis
• FEC H6TN01313: $432,223
  Candidate Republican     David Philip Roe
• FEC H6TN01388: $130,292
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.
• FEC H8TN02069: $254,419
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Zach Wamp
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Zach Wamp
• FEC H2TN03052: $744,918
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Lincoln Edward Davis
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• 8 October 2007: May run for Governor in 2010.
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Lincoln Edward Davis
• FEC H4TN06051: $425,600
  Candidate Republican     Kent Cameron Greenough
• FEC H8TN04057: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Monty Joe Lankford
• FEC H8TN04040: $224,520
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper
• FEC H2TN05131: $238,982
  Candidate Republican     John Gerard Donovan
• FEC H8TN05245: $263
CD 6
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon
• FEC H4TN04015: $937,703
CD 7
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Marsha Blackburn
• FEC H2TN06030: $621,566
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Thomas F. "Tom" Leatherwood, III
• FEC H8TN07043: $24,840
CD 8
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman John S. Tanner
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John S. Tanner
• FEC H8TN08033: $867,515
  Candidate Republican     James L. Hart
• FEC H2TN08077: $9,862
CD 9
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen
• FEC H6TN09068: $519,096
  Candidate Democratic     Newton Jake "Jake" Ford
• Ran as an Independent in 2006
  Candidate Democratic     Nikki Michele Tinker
• FEC H6TN09209: $291,466
  Candidate Democratic     Ralph White
  Candidate Republican     Hoyt "Mark" White
• ?
• FEC H6TN09316: $0
  Candidate Independent     Dewey Clark
• FEC H8TN09064: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Mary D. Wright
• a.k.a. Mary D. Taylor-Shelby
• FEC H8TN09072: $15,994
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, 13 candidates
 • Republican: 6 incumbents, 13 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 5 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
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
 • Southern 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
 

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