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Tennessee Department of State - Division of Elections
2010 Tennessee Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 4/1/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 4/1/10, Primary: 8/5/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: August 6, 2010 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
Governor, 68.6% in '06, 2nd term, Phil Bredesen (D) barred from 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Chris Cillizza: One of the Most Likely Governor to Switch Party, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Rasmussen Reports' Gubernatorial Scorecard: Solid Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican, |
| businessman Mike McWherter (D), |
Mayor Bill Haslam (R), |
Bayron Binkley (I), |
| Brandon Dodds (I), |
| David "None of the Above" Gatchell (I), |
| Samuel David Duck (I), |
| Linda Kay Perry (I), |
| '02 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 congressional candidate Prohibition Party nominee June Griffin (I), |
| Toni K. Hall (I), |
| Floyd Knois (I), |
| Boyce T. McCall (I), |
| Donald Ray McFolin (I), |
| James Reesor (I), |
| Howard M. Switzer (G), |
| Thomas Smith, II (I), |
| Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker (I), |
Senator, 50.7% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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Bob Corker (R), |
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Senator, 65.2% in '08, 2nd term, next election in 2014, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Lamar Alexander (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 71.8% in '08, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican, |
| Michael E. Clark (D), |
David P. "Phil" Roe (R), |
Kermit E. Steck (C), |
2nd Congressional District, 78.2% in '08, 12th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, |
| Dave Hancock (D), |
John J. Duncan, Jr. (R), |
D.H. "Andy" Andrew (I), |
H. James Headings (C), |
Joseph R. Leinweber, Jr. (I), |
Greg Samples (I), |
3rd Congressional District, 69.4% in '08, 8th term, Zach Wamp (R) running for Governor, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republilcan, |
| John Wolfe, Jr. (D), |
ex-radio host / attorney Chuck Fleischmann (R), |
Don Barkman (I), |
| businessman Mark DeVol (I), |
| engineer Gregory "Greg" C. Goodwin (I), |
| Robert Humphries (I), |
| Morris "Mo" Kiah (I), |
| attorney Savas T. Kyriakidis (I), |
4th Congressional District, 58.8% in '08, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Likely Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democratic, |
| Lincoln Davis (D), |
physician Scott E. DesJarlais (R), |
Paul H. Curtis (I), |
| James Gray (I), |
| Richard S. Johnson (I), |
| Gerald York (I), |
5th Congressional District, 65.9% in '08, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, |
| James H. "Jim" Cooper (D), |
David Hall (R), |
computer engineer Stephen W. Collings (L), |
| John P. Miglietta (G), |
| William "Bill" Crook (I), |
| Joe D. Moore, Jr. (I), |
| Jacqueline "Jackie" Miller (I), |
| John "Big John" Smith (I), |
| Thomas "Clark" Taylor (I), |
| businessman James G. Whitfield, II (I), |
6th Congressional District, 74.4% in '08, Barton J. "Bart" Gordon (D) retiring after 13th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Chris Cillizza: one of the most likely seats to switch parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Hotline's Competitive House Race, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, First Read’s Field of 64, |
| attorney Brett Carter (D), |
St. Sen. Diane Black (R), |
Jim Boyd (I), |
| Brandon E. Gore (I), |
| Tommy N. Hay (I), |
| David Purcell (I), |
| Stephen R. Sprague (I), |
7th Congressional District, 68.6% in '08, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, |
| professor Greg Rabidoux (D), |
Marsha Blackburn (R), |
J. W. "Bill" Stone (I), |
8th Congressional District, unopposed in '08, John S. Tanner (D) retiring after 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Chris Cillizza: one of the most likely seats to switch parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Tossup, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Hotline's Competitive House Race, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, First Read’s Field of 64, |
| St. Sen. Roy Herron (D), |
farmer Stephen Lee Fincher (R), |
TEA Party activist / consultant / Navy vet Donn Janes (I), |
| Mark J. Rawles (I), |
9th Congressional District, 87.9% in '08, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic, |
| Stephen I "Steve" Cohen (D), |
businesswoman Charlotte Bergmann (R), |
Perry Steele (I), |
| Sandra Sullivan (I), |
1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
 = Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
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