Tennessee 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: Tennessee 2015 General Election

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Tennessee
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	6,375,431	(2.06% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	11	(2.04% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
Capital:	Nashville

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Tennessee State and Local Government

Tennessee 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Republican	Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr. • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr.* • FEC S6TN00216

Class 2		Republican	Senator Lamar Alexander • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Senator Lamar Alexander* • FEC S2TN00058

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

		Republican	Governor William "Bill" Haslam • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair
	Candidate list

		Republican		Mark "Coonrippy" Brown

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Republican (7 Undetermined); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman David Philip "Phil" Roe • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman David Philip "Phil" Roe* • FEC H6TN01388; 30 Sep 15; Tot $132,573; Dsb $70,241

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. • First elected in a special election (re: to fill the vacancy seat following the death of his father, John J. Duncan) and in a concurrent regular election to a full term: 8 November 1988 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.* • FEC H8TN02069; 30 Sep 15; Tot $113,001; Dsb $179,531

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann* • FEC H0TN03254; 30 Sep 15; Tot $923,695; Dsb $184,449

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Scott Eugene DesJarlais • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Scott Eugene DesJarlais* • FEC H0TN04195; 30 Sep 15; Tot $275,307; Dsb $92,060
		Republican		Yomi "Fapas" Faparusi, Sr. • FEC H4TN04155; 30 Sep 15; Tot $260,340; Dsb $4,438
		Republican		Grant Everett Starrett • FEC H6TN04184; 30 Sep 15; Tot $826,148; Dsb $132,637

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper* • FEC H2TN05131; 30 Sep 15; Tot $107,014; Dsb $173,416

		Republican		Ronnie Holden

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Diane Lynn Black • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Diane Lynn Black* • FEC H0TN06257; 30 Sep 15; Tot $579,740; Dsb $289,464

		Independent		Timothy Roberts • FEC H6TN06130

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7		Republican	Congressman Marsha Blackburn • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Marsha Blackburn* • FEC H2TN06030; 30 Sep 15; Tot $691,779; Dsb $421,667

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Congressman Stephen Lee "Steve" Fincher • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Stephen Lee "Steve" Fincher* • FEC H0TN08246; 30 Sep 15; Tot $399,788; Dsb $269,132
		Republican		John John Mills • FEC H4TN08099; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,000; Dsb $1,170

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9		Democratic	Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

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): 2 incumbents, 1 candidate
	• Republican: 10 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Right to Life
	• Unity
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
	• Department of State
	• Division of Elections
	• Tennessee Registry of Election Finance
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Tennessee General Assembly
	• Tennessee General Assembly - House
	• Tennessee General Assembly - Senate
Democratic
	• Tennessee Democratic Party
Republican
	• Tennessee Republican Party
Third Party
	• Constitution Party of Tennessee
	• Green Party of Tennessee
	• Green Party of Tennessee
	• Libertarian Party of Tennessee
	• Tennessee Right to Life
	• The Unity Party of Tennessee
Media & others
	• Citizen Tribune - Lakeway Region
	• Cleveland Daily Banner
	• Lebanon Democrat & Wilson County News
	• Politics1.com - Tennessee
	• Shelbyville Times-Gazette
	• Southern Standard - McMinnville
	• The Daily News Journal - Murfreesboro
	• The Elizabethton Star
	• The Knoxville News Sentinel
	• The Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge
	• The Tennessean - Nashville
	• WATE TV - ABC - Knoxville
	• WATN-TV - WLMT-TV - localmemphis.com - ABC - Memphis
	• 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
	• WREG TV - Memphis
	• WSMV TV - NBC - Nashville
	• WTNZ TV - FOX - Knoxville
	• WTVC - ABC - Chattanooga
	• WTVF TV - CBS - Nashville
	• WVLT TV - CBS - Knoxville