Four Nashville men raised a total of at least $2 million for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, and two more brought in at least $400,000, an updated list of campaign bundlers shows. The list, which the campaign released over the weekend, put attorney Charles Robert Bone, former Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester, real estate [...]
Ben Smith, a Nashville attorney, is dropping out of the race for chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party. A dark horse from the outset, Smith says he came to the conclusion that he could not win. He decided to endorse former state Sen. Roy Herron after speaking with him over the weekend. “When Sen. Herron [...]
UPDATE, 1:40 p.m.: For his part, DesJarlais’ office just released a video of him talking about “the fiscal cliff and our nation’s deficit spending.” ORIGINAL POST: The weekend before Christmas is almost here, and Democratic and Republican newsmakers alike are taking note of exactly what that means: It’s time to dump a story or two [...]
Ashley Judd may be the talk of Kentucky political circles right now, but she was the center of attention for the Tennessee Democratic Party again Tuesday night. Judd spoke at a Christmas party at Mayor Karl Dean’s house for the state Democrats’ finance council, TNDP spokesman Brandon Puttbrese said. (This is how the mayor gets [...]
Chris Devaney, the chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, announced Thursday that he’ll run for a third term. In a letter to the GOP’s state executive committee, Devaney touted Mitt Romney’s 20-point win in Tennessee, the party’s 7-2 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives delegation and its supermajorities in the Tennessee General Assembly. “These [...]
Chris Devaney, the chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, announced Thursday that he’ll run for a third term. In a letter to the GOP’s state executive committee, Devaney touted Mitt Romney’s 20-point win in Tennessee, the party’s 7-2 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives delegation and its supermajorities in the Tennessee General Assembly. “These [...]
Chris Devaney, the chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, announced Thursday that he’ll run for a third term. In a letter to the GOP’s state executive committee, Devaney touted Mitt Romney’s 20-point win in Tennessee, the party’s 7-2 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives delegation and its supermajorities in the Tennessee General Assembly. “These [...]