First a history lesson: In the last 100 years, there was only one two-year period, from 1969-1971, when the Tennessee House had a Republican Speaker. It happened in 1969, following the mandated 1-man,1-vote redistricting of the Tennessee Legislature (which reduced the disproportionate strength of the rural counties). After the turbulent 1968 elections, the defection of […]
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Taking over the Tennessee House - a Historic Opportunity
June 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
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The Davis Factor
January 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
There will be a Congressional election here in the First District in 2008. If that doesn’t sound like news to you, clearly you’ve never lived here. When we say there will be an election in the district, that really means there will be a contested Republican Primary:
The news was out yesterday via the Kingsport Times-News […]
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