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From the Southern Appalachian Democratic U.S. Senate candidate’s campaign manager:

“We have raised $47,370 in the current reporting period.

Kenneth Eaton formally announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate taking on Lamar Alexander:

Former blogger Alan Coverstone, currently seeking the 9th District school board seat, is getting some help from folks in influential places:

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett is apparently not afraid to take maverick stances and buck his own party when he needs to.

John Rodgers reports that a new poll out from Ayres, McHenry & Associates commission by Lamar Alexander’s reelection campaign show the Senator with a 68 percent approval rating and a large gap separating him from his potential Democratic opponents in potential head to head contests.

Ken Whitehouse with the breaker:

NashvillePost.com has learned that former Knox County Clerk William M. “Mike” Padgett will enter the Democratic primary.

In a battle of the also-rans, disgruntled former car lot owner and Nashville mayoral candidate Ken Eaton has announced his intention to take on a former Green Party candidate for the Democratic nod for U.S. Senate against Lamar Alexander.

Former Democratic Party Chair Bob Tuke in Time Magazine on Barack Obama’s chances in Tennessee:

Bob Tuke, a former state Democratic Party chairman who is backing Obama, concedes the advantage is probably Clinton’s, since some voters are “reticent about backing a black.”

Fred Thompson returns fire when members of the press hit former Tennessee GOP Party Chair Bob Davis with a snowball: