Tennessee Senator Candidates 2012

TN Senatorial Candidates 2012 Democrat and Republican

TN Senator Candidates

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State Primary on August 2, 2012

Democrat Senator Candidates

Larry Crim (D)
Beverly Marrero (D)
Grover Cleveland Mullins Jr. (D)

Republican Senator Candidates

Bob Corker (R)
James Durkan (R)
Zachary Scott Poskevich (R)
Brenda Lenard (R)

US Sen. Bob Corker (R), who is flush with cash, doesn’t have a Democratic challenger in a state that was competitive only a couple of elections ago. He will probably get a Democratic foe, if only a sacrificial lamb. The one Democrat who could give him a battle, former governor Phil Bredesen, has said repeatedly that he will not run for the Senate. Corker, whose relations with the GOP right have been bumpy from time to time, has two primary foes, who promise are claiming to be more conservative than Senator Corker, James Durkan and Zachary Scott Poskevich.

Tennessee Candidates for Congress

District 1:
Alan Woodruff (D)
Phil Roe (R)

District 2:
John Duncan Jr. (R)
Greg Samples (Libertarian)

District 3:
Bill Taylor (D)
Carl Whitaker (D)
Chuck Fleischmann (R)
Ron Bhalla (R)
Jean Howard Hill (R)
Scottie Mayfield (R)
Weston Wamp (R)

District 4:
Eric Stewart (D)
Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5:
Jim Cooper (D)

District 6:
Diane Black (R)

District 7:
Marsha Blackburn (R)
Jack Arnold (Independent)

District 8:
Stephen Fincher (R)

District 9:
Steve Cohen (D)
Tomeka Hart (D)

History of Tennessee. Information that every Tennessee Election Candidate for Senator Should Know.

Tennessee became the 16th state of the union in 1796. It is just 112 miles wide, but stretches 432 miles from the Appalachian Mountains boundary with North Carolina in the east to the Mississippi River borders with Missouri and Arkansas in the west. Tennessee's two largest cities, Memphis and Nashville, are known as centers of blues and country music, respectively, and have played host to the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, B.B. King and Dolly Parton. Memphis is also famous for its barbecue and hosts the well-attended "Memphis in May" barbecue competition each year.