The Haslam-McWherter contest and other assorted election tidbits

As expected, it will be Bill Haslam versus Mike McWherter for the Tennessee governorship in November, and I suspect it will be a most interesting campaign. I believe that Tennessee has had some good leadership in the governor’s seat, at least since Ray Blanton was ousted from office in early 1979, and I believe that [...]

Zach Wamp and the race for governor

I have known Zach Wamp for almost half of my life, and while I have had little contact with him since moving from Chattanooga in 1995, nonetheless I am not surprised that he became an effective member of Congress. In fact, after his election in 1994, I predicted that he would handily win elections until [...]

Heather Scott: Yes, liberty certainly has its place

In this day of nationalized politics, we forget that the Founders of the United States believed that the states needed to be the focus of political activity, but all too often, we ignore the state races and pay attention only to congressional and presidential elections. Yet, some of the best candidates are on the state [...]

Bill Haslam: Knoxville is NOT Minneapolis

After eight relatively quiet years of Phil Bredesen, preceded by eight relatively quiet years of Don Sundquist, maybe things will become interesting in the governor’s seat in Nashville. Granted, I was thinking that Tennessee was a southern state, but with names like Bredesen and Sundquist governing the state, you’d think that Tennessee had moved north [...]

The Kerry Roberts Congressional campaign

In my continuing series on candidates running for office in Tennessee, I want to look at the congressional candidacy of Kerry Roberts, who is running as a Republican in the Sixth District, where the seat traditionally has been held by Democrats. (The current member of Congress for the district is Bart Gordon, who is not [...]