TENNESSEE

Your complete directory of Tennessee candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline: April 5, 2012
Primary: August 2, 2012

This page was last updated on February 4, 2012

GOVERNOR:

Bill Haslam (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Next Gubernatorial Election in 2014.

U.S. SENATOR:

Bob Corker (R)* - (Campaign Site)
James Durkan (R) - Manufacturing Quality Control Manager
Brenda Lenard (R) - Tea Party Activist & Graduate Student
Zach Poskevich (R) - Software Developer & Army Veteran
Larry Crim (D) - Psychologist & Businessman
Beverly Marrero (D) - State Sen. & Real Estate Consultant
Grover Cleveland Mullins Jr. (D)

Lamar Alexander (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Phil Roe (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Alan Woodruff (D) - Attorney, Financial Consultant & Chemical Engineer

District 2:
John "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. (R)*
Greg Samples (Libertarian) - Alternative Medicine Specialist & Frequent Candidate

District 3:
Chuck Fleischmann (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Ron Bhalla (R) - Businessman & GOP Activist
Jean Howard Hill (R) - Businesswoman, Pastor, Attorney & Frequent Candidate
Scottie Mayfield (R) - Dairy Corporation CEO
Weston Wamp (R) - Venture Capitalist & Son of Ex-Congressman Zach Wamp
Bill Taylor (D) - Businessman
Carl "Twofeathers" Whitaker (D) - Native American Indian Movement Chief & Frequent Candidate

District 4:
Scott DesJarlais (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Eric Stewart (D) - State Sen., Ex-Franklin County Commissioner & Insurance Agency Owner

District 5:
Jim Cooper (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Diane Black (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 7:
Marsha Blackburn (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Jack Arnold (Independent)

District 8:
Stephen Fincher (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 9:
Steve Cohen (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Tomeka Hart (D) - Memphis City School Board Member & Memphis Urban League President
Thomas Long (D) - Memphis City Court Clerk & Ex-School Auditor
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

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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)