incumbents

Congressman Steve Cohen reacts to Emily’s list’s endorsement of his Democratic primary opponent:

From Congressional Quarterly:

Tom Leatherwood, Rep.

WPLN is reporting that the Metro Nashville Education Association is endorsing BOE incumbents , Mark North, Gracie Porter (who is running unopposed) and Ed Kindall (who has been on the BOE for 23 years). Not surprisingly they've also endorsed Sharon Gentry for George Thompson's seat.

David Oatney dismisses assertions that his congressma

Ken Whitehouse covering John McCain’s campaign visit to Nashville shares the following tidbits culled from his conversations with two Tennessee pols, one current, one former.

After decades of empty-handed, self-serving Congressmen in the 1st District, I too am wondering if the seat might fall to a Democrat this fall. Randy Neal at TennViews points to some of the elements in this year's race.

Congressman Marsha Blackburn’s insurgent challenger, Tom Leatherwood, has reacted to yesterday’s endorsement of Blackburn by former Senator Bill Frist:

Former Republican U.S. Senator Lincoln Chaffee says that Lamar Alexander has to save the GOP on the environment:

The GOP faces a potential blowout in November on a myriad of issues - Iraq, the economy, gas prices - and, certainly, its insensitivity to environmental issues.

Voters were provided a comprehensive and vast, link-filled assessment of the state House, Senate and federal candidates in Tennessee thanks to some very hard work from R. Neal at TennViews, which you can see right here.