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The 3rd district is on the dividing line between counties and towns that favored or opposed Southern secession in the Civil War. George Washington Bridges was elected as a Unionist (the name used by a coalition of Republicans and War Democrats) to the Thirty-seventh Congress, but he was arrested by Confederate troops while en route to Washington, D.C., and taken back to Tennessee.
2024 Tennessee's 3rd congressional district election results [13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Chuck Fleischmann (incumbent) 236,519: 67.51%: Democratic: Jack Allen 102,841 29.36% Independent: Stephen King 5,848 1.67% Independent: Jean Howard-Hill 5,120 1.46% Total votes 350,328 : 100.00% : Republican hold
The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic ...
After redistricting, this district essentially became the 7th district, while a new 3rd was created with lines similar to what the old 3rd had in the 1990s. This version of the 3rd was considered a swing district, though the bulk of its population lives in Democratic-leaning areas in the outer Bay Area and in the closer-in suburbs of Sacramento.
Tennessee gained a congressional district following the 1980 census. At this time, the district was re-numbered as the 7th and lost its eastern counties to the 4th and 6th districts. At the same time, most of its black residents closer to Memphis were drawn into the 9th district .
Tennessee is facing its first court challenge over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move ...
Tennessee third and fourth graders will navigate the effects of a reading and retention law over the summer. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
2022 Tennessee's 3rd congressional district election [23] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Chuck Fleischmann (incumbent) 136,639 : 68.38% : Democratic: Meg Gorman 60,334 30.19% Independent: Rick Tyler: 1,736 0.87% Independent: Thomas Rumba 1,121 0.56% Total votes 199,830 : 100.00% : Republican hold