Listen Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen pledged that, if elected to the U.S. Senate, he is not going to support the top Democrat. His remarks were made during an often feisty debate Tuesday night at Cumberland University.
All The Ways Tennessee’s Senate Candidates Are Sniping Over Health Care
Listen The fiercest attacks in Tennessee’s pivotal Senate race have centered on health care, and perhaps that’s not by chance. Recent polling from NBC/WSJ puts the issue at the top of concerns for American voters.
Tennessee’s Next Governor: Abortion, Immigration And 10 Other Issues Where Lee And Dean Differ
Over the past year, WPLN has been asking the candidates for governor where they stand on topics important to Tennessee voters. Now that former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, a Democrat, and Williamson County businessman Bill Lee, a Republican, have clinched their parties’ nominations, we’re pulling their answers together. Read on to see what they think […]
Election Roundup: Winners (And Runoffs) For Some Tight Middle Tennessee Contests
Let’s do it again. There was no decisive winner in the race for vice mayor of Nashville last night, so another runoff will follow.
Bredesen, Blackburn Begin Sprint For Senate
Listen Former Governor Phil Bredesen and Congressman Marsha Blackburn easily captured their parties’ nominations for Senate today, as expected. In early voting returns, Bredesen led the field for the Democratic nomination at 94 percent. Blackburn was up on a sole Republican challenger with 84 percent of the vote. And even before the polls closed, they […]
Longer Term Limits For Council Members? Here Are 6 Proposed Changes To Nashville’s Charter
Listen It appears likely that Nashville voters will be asked to decide this fall on whether to extend the term limits for Metro Council members. That’s one of six proposed changes to the county charter that are now being reviewed.
Tennessee Governor Candidate Interview: How Bill Lee Hopes To Go From Political Newbie To Top Leader
Listen Republican businessman Bill Lee wasn’t known to many Tennesseans before this year’s race for governor. He’d been a major fundraiser for the GOP. But he’d never run for public office of any kind. Lee touts that as a virtue. In the latest in a series of interviews with the six leading candidates for governor, […]
Tennessee Governor Candidate Interviews: How Democrat Karl Dean Hopes To Cross Party Lines
Listen Gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean is trying to present himself as a moderate. Not too business-centric for his base in the Democratic primaries, not too liberal to offend the Republican voters he’d need if he gets the nomination. WPLN’s Emily Siner spoke with the former mayor of Nashville about this delicate dance that would likely […]
Trump Looms Large As Tennessee Voters Go To The Polls
President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but his influence looms over Tennessee’s elections going on now. Some of the first voters over the weekend made their decisions based on the president.
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