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TENNESSEE
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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): April 1, 2010
Filing Deadline (Independents): August 19, 2010
Primary: August 5, 2010
This
page was last updated on October 14, 2009

GOVERNOR:
[
Phil Bredesen (D)*
- Term Limited in 2010. ]
Gordon Ball (D) - Attorney & '80 Congressional Candidate
Ward Cammack (D) - Businessman
Roy Herron (D) - State Senate
Minority Leader, Attorney & Ex-Minister
Matt Kisber (D) - State Economic Development Commissioner
Jim Kyle (D) - State
Senate Minority Leader & Attorney
Kim McMillan (D) - Ex-State
House Majority Leader, Ex-State Cabinet Member & Attorney
Mike McWherter (D)
- Businessman & Son of Gov. Ned McWherter
Marsha Blackburn (R)
- Congresswoman
Bill Gibbons (R) - Shelby
County District Attorney
Bill Haslam (R) - Knoxville
Mayor, Businessman & Minor League Baseball Team Owner
Joe Kirkpatrick (R) - Marketing
Executive, GOP Activist & '06 Candidate
Basil Marceaux (R) - Businessman,
Vietnam Veteran & '02/'06 Candidate
Ron Ramsey (R) - State
Senate Speaker, Lt. Governor, Ex-State Rep., Businessman &
Surveyor
Zach Wamp (R) - Congressman
& Ex-Real Estate Broker
June Griffin
(Independent) - Minister, Retired Dental Lab Owner & Frequent
Candidate
James
Reesor (Independent) - Self-Proclaimed "Crazy Man",
'74 Candidate & '99 Nashville Mayor Candidate
Carl "Twofeathers"
Whitaker (Independent) - Native American Indian Movement Chief
& '02/'06 Candidate
Next
Gubernatorial Election in 2010.

TENNESSEE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
State House
State Senate
U.S. SENATOR:
Lamar
Alexander (R)* - (Campaign
Site) -
Next Election in 2014.

Bob
Corker (R)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2012.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Phil Roe (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
David Davis (R)
- Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Rep. & Businessman
Mike Donihe (R)
- City Building Maintenance Worker & Ron Paul Campaign Activist
District
2:
John "Jimmy" Duncan Jr.
(R)*
District
3:
[
Zach Wamp (R)* - Candidate
for Governor in 2010. ]
Dewayne
Bunch (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Tommy Crangle (R)
- Real Estate Developer & Professional Engineer
Mark DeVol (R) - Building
Contractor
Chuck Fleischmann (R)
- Attorney & Ex-Radio Talk Show Host
Tim Gobble (R) - Bradley
County Sheriff, Ex-Cleveland City Councilman & Ex-Secret Service
Agent
Greg Goodwin (R)
- Electrical Engineer
Kris Holzmeyer (R)
- Bpatist Pastor & Author
Van Irion (R) - Biotech
Businessman, Attorney, Ex-Medical Researcher & USAF Veteran
Gerald McCormick (R) - State Rep.
Art Rhodes (R)
- Attorney, Pension Management Company CEO & Ex-Congressional
Aide
Robin Smith (R)
- Ex-State GOP Chairwoman
Brent Benedict (D)
- Computer Programmer, '06 Nominee & '04 State Rep. Candidate
Paula Flowers
(D) - Ex-State Insurance Commissioner, Attorney & Civil
Engineer

District
4:
Lincoln Davis (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Scott DesJarlais (R)
- Physician
Don
Strong (R) - Respiratory Therapist & Conservative Activist
District
5:
Jim Cooper (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Stephen Collings (Libertarian)
- Computer Engineer
Jackie Miller
(Independent)
District
6:
Bart
Gordon (D)*
Dave Evans (R)
- Retired Army Reserve Major General, Ex-Defense Department Civilian
Official & GOP Activist
Gary Mann (R) - Realtor
& Ex-Psychologist
Jim Tracy (R) - State Rep.
Lou Ann Zelenik (R) -
Rutherford County GOP Chair & '08 State Rep. Candidate

District
7:
Marsha Blackburn (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Greg Rabidoux (D)
- College Professor, Attorney & Ex-Congressional Aide
District
8:
John Tanner (D)*
Stephen Fincher (R)
- Farmer & Gospel Singer
James Hart (R)
- Realtor, Eugenics Advocate & Frequent Candidate
Donn Janes (R)
- Software Developer & Navy Veteran
Craig Steinfels (R) -
Industrial Designer
District
9:
Steve Cohen (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Willie
Herenton (D) - Ex-Memphis Mayor & Ex-Memphis Schools Superintendent
Mary
Taylor-Shelby Wright (D) - FedEd Worker & Frequent Candidate

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution
Party of Tennessee
Tennessee Democratic Party
Green Party of Tennessee
Libertarian Party of Tennessee
Tennessee Republican Party

STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary of State's Office
Tennessee
Registry of Election Finance
STATE
NEWS SOURCES:

Bradley County News Weekly
Chattanooga Times-Free
Press
Cleveland Daily Banner
Elizabethton Star
Franklin Review-Appeal
Knoxville Journal
Knoxville News-Sentinel
- (Politics Section)
Lebanon Democrat & Wilson
County News
McMinnville Southern
Standard
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis Flyer (Alternative)
- (Politics
Section)
Morristown Citizen Tribune
Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
Nashville City Paper
(Alternative)
Nashville Digest
Nashville Scene (Alternative)
Nashville Tennessean
The Oak Ridger
Rhea County Herald-News
Rutherford Courier
Sevierville/Gatlinburg
Mountain Press
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Sparta Expositor
TNPoliticsBlog.com
Tullahoma.net
VolunteerVoters.com

WDEF TV-12 (CBS - Chattanooga)
WTVC TV-9 (ABC - Chattanooga)
WBBJ TV-7 (ABC - Jackson)
WJHL TV-11 (CBS - Johnson City)
WATE TV-6 (ABC - Knoxville)
WBIR TV-10 (NBC - Knoxville)
WTNZ TV-43 (FOX - Knoxville)
WMC TV-5 (NBC - Memphis)
WPTY TV-24 (ABC - Memphis)
WREG TV-3 (CBS - Memphis)
WKRN TV-2 (ABC - Nashville)
WSMV TV-4 (NBC - Nashville)
WTVF TV-5 (CBS - Nashville)
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