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Upon its entry into the Union in 1796, Tennessee was strongly Democratic-Republican. Tennessee became a two-party system for more than 20 years during the Jacksonian era. The Democratic Party was formed by Jackson followers, and this party was dominant against the rival Whig Party led by Henry Clay. But in 1835, there was a turn in power of ...
Similarly, in 1992 and 1996, Tennessee voted for the Democratic ticket of Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Al Gore, a US senator from Tennessee, both sons of the South. But in 2000, Tennessee voted for Republican George W. Bush over Al Gore by single digit margins. Since 2000, Tennessee has become a Republican stronghold, voting ...
As a secessionist Middle Tennessee county, Jackson County was historically one of the most Democratic in the state. Only once up to 2008 did a Democrat lose the county – when Warren G. Harding carried Jackson County by ninety votes in his record popular-vote landslide of 1920, due to large increases in voter turnout for the isolationist cause ...
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs speaks during the Tennessee Republican Party’s Statesmen’s Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Chris Todd (born November 26, 1966) is an American biologist and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican, Todd has represented the 73rd district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, based in Jackson, since 2019. [1] [2]
The 6th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in Middle Tennessee. It has been represented by Republican John Rose since January 2019. Much of the sixth district is rural and wooded. It is spread across the geographic regions known as the Cumberland Plateau, the Highland Rim, and the Central Basin.
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Tennessee state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections for the United States Senate , United States House of Representatives , Tennessee Senate , and Tennessee House of Representatives , as well as various judicial retention elections , including the election of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, were held ...