Tennessee 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Tennessee 2009 General Election

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Tennessee
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. 111^th 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 • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open); 5 Democratic (3 Undetermined, 2 Open)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman David Philip "Phil" Roe • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Zach Wamp • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 5 January 2009: Announced his candidacy for Governor in 2010. 13 January 2009: Announced he will not run for re-election to Congress.

CD 4 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Lincoln Edward Davis • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5 {map}	Democratic	Congressman James H. S. "Jim" Cooper • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon • First elected: 1984 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 14 December 2009: Congressman Gordon announced his plans to retire from Congress when his current term ends in 2010.

CD 7 {map}	Republican	Congressman Marsha Blackburn • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8 {map}	Democratic	Congressman John S. Tanner • First elected: 1988 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 2 December 2009: Announced retirement

CD 9 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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
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.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.