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Governor Seeks to Change Law Honoring KKK Leader

July 16, 2019 at 1:37 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) told WKRN that he will work to change a state law that requires the state’s governor to declare July 13 as “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day,” in honor of the Confederate Army general and the Ku Klux Klan’s early leader.

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Tennessee

Tennessee Speaker Will Resign

May 21, 2019 at 10:40 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Embattled Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada (R) said he will resign his leadership position in the coming weeks, the Tennessean reports.

“Casada’s announcement comes less than a day after the House GOP caucus approved a resolution with a 45-24 vote stating it had no confidence in his continued leadership… The move comes just weeks after a Tennessean investigation found Casada had exchanged sexually charged text messages with Cade Cothren, his former chief of staff, who admitted to using cocaine while working in the legislature’s office building.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Tennessee

Tennessee Judge Rebuked After Racist Posts

May 14, 2019 at 5:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A judge in Tennessee is facing repercussions after posting racist memes and articles to Facebook, including a post that called Muslims “foreign mud” and said Jews should “get the fuck over the Holocaust,” the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Tennessee

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Tennessee Moves to Penalize Voter Registration Drives

April 25, 2019 at 7:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A controversial bill that has received national attention over criticism that it would criminalize voter registration efforts was approved in the state Senate on Thursday,” the Tennessean reports.

“If the bill is enacted, Tennessee would become the first state to threaten voter registration efforts with civil penalties for incomplete forms.”

Filed Under: Election Administration Tagged With: Tennessee

Tennessee Mulls Penalties for Voter Registration Drives

April 12, 2019 at 4:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would impose new restrictions on groups conducting voter registrations and subject them to potential criminal charges and civil penalties,” the HuffPost reports.

“Activists say the move is unnecessary and would deter voter registration in a state that already has one of the lowest rates in the country.”

Filed Under: Election Administration Tagged With: Tennessee

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

March 21, 2019 at 3:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“We have a little bit of a problem in this state, and I’m just going to say it out right. This is a racist state.”

— Tennessee Democratic party chair Martha Mancini, quoted by the Tennessean.

Filed Under: Race Tagged With: Tennessee

Tennessee Voters Head to the Polls

August 2, 2018 at 8:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After months of campaigning and more than $50 million in spending, Tennessee voters head to the polls Thursday decide who will be the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominees,” the Tennessean reports.

“Also on the ballot are primaries for the U.S. Senate, Congress, the state legislature and a host of local contests across the Volunteer State.”

Politico: Why is Tennessee’s primary on a Thursday?

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Tennessee, TN-Gov, TN-Sen

Corker Declines Becoming Ambassador to Australia

May 21, 2018 at 7:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) turned down an offer to become next U.S. ambassador to Australia, the Tennessean reports.

Said Corker: “I had a number of conversations with both President Trump and Secretary Pompeo. At the end of the day though…it just felt like it wasn’t the right step.”

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Bob Corker, Tennessee

Tennessee Removes 7 Candidates from Ballot

April 9, 2018 at 1:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Tennessee Republican Party “took action Saturday to remove seven Senate candidates and one gubernatorial candidate from the August ballot because they lacked the voting credentials to justify running as Republicans,” the Tennessean reports.

Filed Under: Republicans Tagged With: Tennessee

Attempt to Denounce Neo-Nazis Fails Again In Tennessee

April 4, 2018 at 1:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“For the second time in recent weeks, a resolution denouncing neo-Nazis and white nationalists has died in the Tennessee General Assembly,” the Tennessean reports.

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Tennessee

Haslam Vetoes Bill to Make Bible Official Book

April 15, 2016 at 6:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 27 Comments

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) “vetoed a bill seeking to make Tennessee the first state to designate the Bible as its official book,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Haslam, who considered entering a seminary before deciding to join the family truck-stop business after college, said in his veto message that the bill “trivializes the Bible, which I believe is a sacred text.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Bill Haslam, Tennessee

Tennessee GOP Beats Back Trump Allies

April 3, 2016 at 8:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments

“Tennessee Republican Party leaders approved a delegate slate on Saturday over the heated objections of Donald Trump’s campaign, which is accusing the state’s insiders of supplanting several supporters with anti-Trump forces,” Politico reports.

“At a tense meeting of the state party’s executive committee, police removed pro-Trump protesters, and an already heightened sense of confrontation was exacerbated when Trump’s national director of social media tweeted out the personal cell phone of the state party chairman, Ryan Haynes.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Donald Trump, Tennessee

Delegate Fight Erupts In Tennessee

April 2, 2016 at 9:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

“Donald Trump’s campaign issued a late-night plea in Tennessee on Friday, telling supporters there that the state’s Republican Party was ‘trying to steal’ his delegates and urging them to crash a party meeting on Saturday morning to stop them,” Politico reports.

“Party leaders, alarmed by an intensifying backlash throughout the night, have hired extra security for the event — which party chairman Ryan Haynes noted had been scheduled to take place in a small, unsecured conference room — and they’re considering canceling the event altogether.”

“At issue are the state’s 14 at-large delegates that were not assigned in the March 1 primary but are set to be selected by the party’s executive committee.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Donald Trump, Tennessee

Bill Seeks to Make Bible the Official Book of Tennessee

March 30, 2016 at 10:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 104 Comments

“A bill that would make the Holy Bible the official book of Tennessee was given approval in a legislative committee on Tuesday,” the Tennessean reports.

“The move to make the Bible the state’s official book comes a month after Tennessee lawmakers approved a measure to make the Barrett M82 sniper rifle the official state rifle.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Tennessee

Tennessee Could Decide GOP Nominee

December 29, 2015 at 2:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments

Politico: “Tennessee is now one of the biggest hubs for GOP political activity in the country. … Tennessee has 58 delegates up for grabs on March 1. That’s the third-biggest slate of delegates available that day, following Texas and Georgia … An ad buy in Knoxville, in the eastern part of the state, can also hit corners of Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Tennessee



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