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2018 Tennessee Senate Election
The 2018 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect 18 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee Senate, Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election, Governor, 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee, U.S. Senate, 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, U.S. House, and 2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election, State House elections. The Partisan primary, primary elections were held on August 2, 2018. Retirements Three incumbents (2 Democratic Party (United States), Democrats and 1 Republican Party (United States), Republican) did not run for re-election in 2018. Those incumbents are: Democrats #District 19: Thelma Harper (politician), Thelma Harper retired. #District 29: Lee Harris (politician), Lee Harris retired to run for Shelby County, Tennessee, mayor of Shelby County. Republicans #District 13: Bill Ketron retired to run for Rutherford County, Tennessee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Senate
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue regarding the state, country, or world. The Senate also has the power to create and enforce its own rules and qualifications for its members. The Senate shares these powers with the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Senate alone has the power to host impeachment proceeding and remove impeached members of office with a 2/3 majority. The Tennessee Senate, according to the state constitution of 1870, is composed of 33 members, one-third the size of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Senators are to be elected from districts of substantially equal population. According to the Tennessee constitution, a county is not to be joined to a portion of another county for purposes of creating a district; this provision has been overridden by the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District 2 (special)
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District 2 may refer to: Places by country *II District, Turku, in Finland *District 2, Düsseldorf, Germany *District 2, Grand Bassa County, a district in Liberia *District 2, an electoral district of Malta *District 2, a police district of Malta *District 2 (Zürich), a district in the city of Zürich, Switzerland *District 2 (New York City Council), a New York city council district, U.S. *District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Fiction *District 2 (Hunger Games), a fictional district in the Hunger Games books and films See also * 2nd district (other) *Sector 2 (Bucharest) Sector 2 ( ro, Sectorul 2) is an administrative unit of Bucharest. Demographics Sector 2 is the city's most multicultural sector. In particular, it contains Romania's largest community of Chinese people The Chinese people or simply Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District 1
District 1 may refer to: * I District, Turku, in Finland * District 1, Düsseldorf, a district in Düsseldorf, Germany * Sector 1 (Bucharest), also known as District 1, in Bucharest, Romania * District I, Budapest in Budapest, Hungary * District 1, Grand Bassa County, in Liberia * District 1, an electoral district of Malta * District 1, a police district of Malta * Altstadt (Zürich), also known as District 1, in Zürich, Switzerland * District 1 (New York City Council), in New York City, United States * Michigan's 1st Senate district, United States * Michigan's 1st House of Representatives district, United States * Michigan's 1st congressional district, United States * District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam Fictional districts * District 1 (''The Hunger Games''), a fictional district in ''The Hunger Games'' book and film series See also * 1st District The Innere Stadt (; Central Bavarian: ''Innare Stod'') is the 1st municipal district of Vienna () located in the cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Write-in
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes, which count equally as if the person was formally listed on the ballot. Writing in a name that is not already on the election ballot is considered a practice of the United States. However, some other jurisdictions have allowed this practice. In the United States, there are variations in laws governing write-in candidates, depending on the office (federal or local) and whether the election is a primary election or the general election; general practice is an empty field close by annotated to explain its purpose on the ballot if it applies. In five U.S. states there are no elections to which it can apply, under their present laws. Election laws are enacted by each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Democratic Party
The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Tennessee. The party was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Democratic Party began alongside President Andrew Jackson's populist philosophy of Jacksonian democracy in the mid-1820s. From the late 19th-century until the 1960s, the party largely supported the use of the Jim Crow system. The party started shifting away from Democratic conservatism towards accepting more aspects of modern liberalism during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal era. Following the 1960s, the party began moving towards supporting civil rights for all, regardless of race, age, gender, religion, and condition. Tennessee delegation of the Democratic National Committee The delegation of each state to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) consists of the highest-ranking elected male and female persons within the state's Democratic Party. In 2018 these were Mary Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Republican Party
The Tennessee Republican Party (TRP or TNGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Tennessee. Since the mid-1960s, the state has become increasingly Republican. The current chairman of the Republican Party of Tennessee is Scott Golden. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling the majority of Tennessee's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature, and the governorship. History Upon its entry into the Union in 1796 Tennessee was strongly Democratic-Republican. Tennessee became a two-party system for more than 20 years during the Jacksonian era. The Democratic Party was formed by Jackson followers and this party was dominant against the rival Whig Party led by Henry Clay. But in 1835, there was a turn in power of party and a Whig governor was elected. Tennessee after the American Civil War was part of the Democratic South for about a century. East Tennessee however remained strongly Republican. Even though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governing (magazine)
''Governing'' is a website, edited and published in Washington, D.C., that covers state and local government in the United States. Originally a national monthly magazine, it was published in print 1987 and 2019. It covers policy, politics, and the management of government enterprises. Its subject areas include government finance, land use, economic development, the environment, technology, and transportation. History For most of its life, ''Governing'' was published by Washington, D.C.–based Congressional Quarterly, Inc., a subsidiary of the Times Publishing Co. of St. Petersburg, Florida. In 1994, ''Governing'' acquired its primary competitor, '' City & State'' magazine, and that publication was merged into ''Governing.'' In 2009, it was sold to e.Republic e.Republic, Inc. is a Folsom, California-based research and media company. It publishes ''Government Technology Magazine'', a publication covering the role of information technology in state and local government, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Robinson
Katrina Robinson (born January 13, 1981) is an American former politician who served in the Tennessee State Senate, Tennessee Senate from the Tennessee's 33rd Senate district, 33rd district from 2019 to 2022 as a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. She was the first sitting member of the state senate to be indicted since Operation Tennessee Waltz and later became the first person to ever be expelled from the state senate. Robinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, educated at the University of Memphis and Union University, and founded a nursing college in 2015. She was elected to the state senate in the 2018 election after defeating incumbent Senator Reginald Tate (politician), Reginald Tate in the Democratic primary. Robinson was indicted on forty-eight charges relating to the embezzlement of $600,000 from federal grants to her nursing school in 2020. The charges against her were reduced to twenty before Judge Sheryl H. Lipman acquitted her on fiftee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Tate (politician)
Reginald Tate (September 14, 1954 – October 21, 2019) was an American politician and a Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ... member of the Tennessee Senate for the 33rd district, which encompasses part of Shelby County. Education and career Reginald Tate graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architectural Engineering from the University Of Memphis. He worked as an architect and was the President and CEO of Accent by Design. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Cocaine, Alcohol Awareness Program. Public office Reginald Tate was first elected to the state senate in 2006. He was the Vice Chair of the Senate Education Committee and Health Disparity Committee, and the Treasurer of both the Tennessee Legislative Black Caucus and the Shelby County D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutherford County, Tennessee
Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in Middle Tennessee. As of the 2021 census, the population was 352,182, making it the fifth-most populous county in Tennessee. A study conducted by the University of Tennessee projects Rutherford County to become the third largest county in Tennessee by population by 2050. Its county seat is Murfreesboro, which is also the geographic center of Tennessee. As of 2010, it is the center of population of Tennessee. Rutherford County is included in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro– Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Early history Rutherford County was formed in 1803 from parts of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties, and named in honor of Griffith Rutherford (1721–1805). Rutherford was a North Carolina colonial legislator and an American Revolutionary War general, who settled in Middle Tennessee after the Revolution. He was appointed President of the Council o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
