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Tennessee Department of State - Division of Elections
2010 Tennessee Congressional and Statewide Results
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, |
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, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican, |
| businessman Mike McWherter (D) 100%, |
Mayor Bill Haslam (R) 47.3%,
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp (R) 29.2%, St. Sen. Ron Ramsey (R) 22.1%, homemaker Joe Kirkpatrick 0.9%, '02 independent candidate Basil J. Marceaux (R) 0.5%, |
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), |
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) 100%, |
David P. "Phil" Roe (R) 95.7%,
Mahmood "Michael" Sabri (R) 4.3%, |
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) 100%, |
John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) 100%, |
D.H. "Andy" Andrew (I), |
H. James Headings (I), |
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) 38.9%,
ex-East Ridge Charter Comm'r. Brenda Freeman Short (D) 25.2%, Brent Davis Staton (D) 21.2%, Alicia Mitchell (D) 14.7%, |
ex-radio host / attorney Chuck Fleischmann (R) 29.7%,
activist Robin Smith (R) 28.1%, Sheriff Tim Gobble (R) 15.8%, businessman Van Irion (R) 11.6%, retired engineer Tommy Crangle (R) 5.7%, businessman Art Rhodes (R) 5.0%, '08 independent candidate prof. Jean "Lady J." Howard-Hill (R) 1.4%, retired USAF Captian Richard "Rick" Kernea, II (R) 0.8%, '02 independent candidate Basil J. Marceaux, Sr. (R) 0.7%, Harvey Howard (R) 0.7%, Grover Travillian (R) 0.5%, |
Don Barkman (I), |
| businessman Mark DeVol (I), |
| engineer Gregory "Greg" C. Goodwin (I), |
| Robert Humphries (I), |
| Morris "Mo" Kiah (I), |
| 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, |
| Lincoln Davis (D) 100%, |
physician Scott E. DesJarlais (R) 37.1%,
attorney John "Jack" Bailey, III (R) 27.3%, businessman Kent Greenough (R) 15.2%, activist Ronald L. "Ron" Harwell (R) 12.3%, respiratory therapist Donald "Don" Strong (R) 8.0%, |
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) 89.3%,
Eric Pearson (D) 6.9%, Eric Schechter (D) 3.8%, |
David Hall (R) 27.5%,
teacher Jeffrey Alan Hartline (R) 23.1%,CeCe Noland-Heil (R) 22.5%, Vijay Kumar (R) 7.3%, Robert "Bob" Schwartz (R) 5.5%, businessman Lonnie Spivak (R) 3.5%, banker Jarod D. Scott (R) 3.2%, businessman Patrick Miranda (R) 2.8%, Tracy C. Tarum (R) 2.6%, Bob Ries (R) 1.3%, Alvin M. Strauss (R) 0.7%, |
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, 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, |
attorney Brett Carter (D) 30.3%,
marine capt. Benjamin "Ben" Leming (D) 29.6%, Henry Clay Barry (D) 28.6%, attorney Devora E. Butler (D) 8.9%, retiree George T. Erdel (D) 2.6%, |
St. Sen. Diane Black (R) 30.5%,
party activist Lou Ann Zelenik (R) 30.2%, St. Sen. James "Jim" Tracy (R) 29.8%, retired Maj. Gen. David "Dave" Evans (R) 5.0%, businessman Kerry E. Roberts (R) 3.1%, Bruce McLellan (R) 0.9%, realtor Gary Dewitt Mann (R) 0.6%, |
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) 100%, |
Marsha Blackburn (R) 100%, |
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, 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, |
St. Sen. Roy Herron (D) 67.7%,
Kimberlee E. Smith (D) 32.3%, |
farmer Stephen Lee Fincher (R) 48.5%,
Dr. Ronald "Ron" Kirkland (R) 24.4%, Co. Comm'r. George S. Flinn, Jr. (R) 24.0%, chef Randy Smith (R) 2.1%, Bennie "Ben" Watts (R) 1.0%, |
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) 78.7%,
ex-Mayor Willie W. Herenton (D) 21.3%, |
businesswoman Charlotte Bergmann (R) 61.4%,
James "Jim" Harrell (R) 33.1%, Kevin Millen (R) 5.5%, |
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. |
3. Key to Tennessee Political Parties:
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