A press release from Mark DeVol, the lone independent candidate in the Third District race:
At the recent jobs summit, President Obama commented: Despite the progress we've made, many businesses are still skittish about hiring. Some are still digging themselves out of the losses they incurred over the past year. Many have' [...]
During his closing remarks at the Hamilton County Democratic Party’s annual Estes Kefauver Dinner, Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester exhorted the gathered party members to support Paula Flowers in her bid for the Third District congressional seat Monday evening.
This likely came as a surprise to Brent Benedict, who was [...]
According to the blogger at That’s My Congress, there isn’t a candidate that appeals to progressives in the Third District race:
Paula Flowers is running for Congress on a decidedly anti-progressive platform. She’s in favor of shrinking the size of the federal government, and for allowing big oil companies to [...]
From the Chattanoogan.com:
The Chattanooga Tea Party and Campaign for Liberty are joining together to sponsor a series of LiberTea Debates in preparation for the 2010 elections.
The first of these public debates will feature the seven announced Republican candidates for Tennessee’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House [...]
From the Chattanoogan.com:
The Chattanooga Tea Party and Campaign for Liberty are joining together to sponsor a series of LiberTea Debates in preparation for the 2010 elections.
The first of these public debates will feature the seven announced Republican candidates for Tennessee’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House [...]
Here is a statement sent by the Chuck Fleischmann campaign:
Last night Americans went to the polls, in states that were heavily carried by President Obama in 2008, and said, “Enough is enough.”
While “hope” and “change” sound good in theory, liberal fiscal policies are a disaster for this country in reality. [...]
Last week, the popular conservative blog Red State peeked into our corner of the world, and found a candidate running here in the Third District whom they felt their readers should consider as “one of” themselves.
Except that they got the name wrong. Instead of Robin Smith, the article referred [...]
Third District candidate Art Rhodes evinced a sobering reminder in 140 characters or fewer:
80 yrs ago today the stock market crashed. Today our financial future is bleak because of the massive national debt – $11.9 t and counting.
Related Posts Robin Smith Reports (0) [...]A press release issued today by Third District candidate Robin Smith attacked the healthcare reform bill proposed by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
With the release of her plan, Speaker Pelosi drew a clear bright line between the liberal leadership of the House and the American people. Time and again during [...]
Former state official Paula Flowers has raised over $125,000 in her effort to become the Democratic nominee in the Third District congressional race. The campaign issued a press release stating that over $82,000 was raised in the third quarter.
Oak Ridge/Chattanooga, TN—3rd District Congressional Candidate Paula Flowers released her quarterly fundraising [...]
Third District candidate Robin Smith filed her first federal fundraising report since entering the race for Congress in early July. According to a press release, her campaign raised more than $149,000 between July 1 and September 30, or more than “the combined fundraising receipts of all other Third District candidates, [...]
A trio of press releases from the Chuck Fleischmann for Congress campaign indicate that the team has been busy spending some of the money they led with at the end of the last reporting period.
The campaign Web site has undergone an overhaul. A new advertisement has been released. [...]
And that surprises Tom Humphrey, who jokes that pigs are about to fly soon.
Is it surprising to you, astute TN03 reader, that a conservative Republican congressional candidate would align with a centrist Democratic governor from the same state, on an issue that spells financial trouble for said state?
Read the [...]
The Chattanoogan.com reported the following today:
Kris Holzmeyer announced that he is dropping out of the Third District Congressional race and is lending his endorsement and support to candidate Tim Gobble who is the sheriff of Bradley County.
“As a private citizen,” said Mr. Holzmeyer, “I am proud to endorse Tim [...]
Editor’s note: This article is cross-posted from Joe Lance’s TN03 blog. Follow the Third Congressional District race at [tn03.chattarati.com].
A discussion at Tiny Cat Pants about rumored challenges to Fifth District Congressman Jim Cooper led to this musing by the blog’s author:
I have often wondered if a libertarian [...]
Jenny Erikson, an attendee at last Friday’s Smart Girl Summit in Nashville, says she was inspired to run for office by Robin Smith:
The next speaker was Robin Smith, a southern firecracker running to represent Tennessee in the House of Representatives in 2010. After listening to her speak, I wanted [...]
The GOP primary for Tennessee’s Third District Congressional seat is warming, slowly, and some of the heat can be found in the “Twitterverse.”
Robin Smith, former Tennessee Republican Party chair, declared the War on Terror to be over in a status update Monday that referenced the recent Denver-New York [...]
Tommy Crangle and Robin Smith remind us that the United States Constitution was signed on this date.
UPDATE: Paula Flowers has a statement.
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Chuck Fleischmann spoke to the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club on Monday:
Mr. Fleischmann said law enforcement, fiscal responsibility and providing opposition to Democrats would be key goals, if elected.
“We can’t tax our way out of our problems,” Mr. Fleischmann said. “Democrats believe government is the answer to our problems, and [...]
From the Robin Smith campaign:
Third District Congressional Candidate Robin Smith will be the featured speaker in the morning session of the Smart Girl Politics Summit at the Sheraton Downtown Hotel in Nashville on September 18.
Smith joins national figures Liz Cheney and Michelle Malkin as well as Tennessee Congressman Marsha [...]
Here are a few reactions by those running for the U.S. House of Representatives seat being vacated by Congressman Zach Wamp.
Bradley County Sheriff Tim Gobble:
I agree that pre-existing conditions should not be a basis for denying health coverage. I support expanded groups to lower cost.
I support tax deductions for health [...]
All the talk lately has been about the possibility of having two members of the Tennessee House of Representatives named Ty Cobb, after former Rep. Curt Cobb resigned in District 62 and his brother “Ty” announced a run for the October 13 special election to replace him. (The current Rep. [...]
RoaneViews blogger “WhitesCreek” took some photos at the Roane County Democrats’ Labor Day Weekend Picnic, and posted some more here. The picnic featured U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, gubernatorial candidates Ward Cammack and Sen. Jim Kyle, and TN03 candidate Paula Flowers, among others.
Ms. Flowers also made an appearance in [...]
Labor Day picnics and parades are among the richest hunting grounds for politicians looking to capture support. Then there are the obligatory messages sent through the media (new and old), too. As the weekend progresses, I’ll add to this post new posts with clippings I come across in the press [...]
Post Politics has the press release.
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We like to keep improving on the information we provide here, and I’m happy to point out a new feature, courtesy of OpenSecrets.org. When you are on the TN03 home page, look in the right-hand sidebar and you’ll see the heading “TN03 Money.” Just below that is the [...]
While you all are attending film premieres, a state political party fundraiser, or StarNight, or whatever else, we’re catching up on the past week’s activity by Third District candidates on social networks (primarily Twitter, but I watch for Facebook and other updates as well). You probably won’t [...]
While you all are attending film premieres, a state political party fundraiser, or StarNight, or whatever else, we’re catching up on the past week’s activity by Third District candidates on social networks (primarily Twitter, but I watch for Facebook and other updates as well). You probably won’t [...]
Writing as Sheriff Tim Gobble, the Bradley County congressional candidate warns against the dangers of crystal methamphetamine:
While meth is considered affordable, a user or an addict will soon realize that the $50 and $100 bags quickly add up. It is not unusual for a user to have spent anywhere [...]
Writing as Sheriff Tim Gobble, the Bradley County congressional candidate warns against the dangers of crystal methamphetamine:
While meth is considered affordable, a user or an addict will soon realize that the $50 and $100 bags quickly add up. It is not unusual for a user to have spent anywhere [...]
Robin Smith has issued a call for Tennesseans to read and discuss the United States Constitution as we near the commemoration of its signing, and then add their names to a petition. From Chattanoogan.com:
To honor the Sept. 17 anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, Third District [...]
Paula Flowers wants you to know that she has a brand-new Web site.
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Tommy Crangle seems to be the only Third District candidate taking full advantage of the fairly open publishing policy at Chattanoogan.com’s opinion pages. The third installment in his “If I Were in Congress” series went up on Monday. Here’s a sample:
The cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office for [...]
Matt Wilson gives a few of the lesser-known GOP (and one turned independent) Third District candidates some Saturday press:
Who are Tommy Crangle, Mark DeVol, Greg Goodwin and Art Rhodes?
And what makes them think they can beat former Tennessee Republican Party Chairwoman Robin Smith’s name recognition, attorney Chuck Fleischmann’s money [...]
TN03 candidate Tommy Crangle, recently on Twitter:
I find that small busineses are hurting and seniors are very concerned about healthcare, both Republicans and Democrats. Raise your voice!
tommycrangle Tommy Crangle Related Posts Not Saying I Will Be, [...]
Hamilton County Election Commissioner Jeff Lewis resigned on Wednesday to join the Tim Gobble campaign. Matt Wilson writes at the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
Mr. Lewis, who has been on the Election Commission since April, is leaving to join the congressional campaign of Bradley County Sheriff Tim Gobble, he said. [...]
TN03 has learned from a Democratic Party source that Chattanooga physician Brent Davis Staton will be announcing a decision whether to join the Third District race “in the near future.” There had been unconfirmed reports for several weeks that Dr. Staton was eyeing a run.
Staton’s entry would increase the number [...]
Welcome to TN03, a Chattarati blog dedicated to covering a single political race: that for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee’s Third District.
Old hands can skip this paragraph, but if you haven’t been paying attention, here is some background: U.S. Representative Zach Wamp, a Republican from Chattanooga, announced [...]
A blurry cell phone picture posted on Twitter by Kent Callison seems to corroborate what this writer saw in person tonight at around 9:45 p.m. Smoke was rising from the approximate location of the Blue Cross parking garage at the southern end of Cameron Hill, and flames could [...]
Witnesses said that an elderly man was assaulted and injured on the Walnut Street Bridge just before midnight on Monday night, and that police were called after a gun was fired on the bridge. Three young men were seen running from the bridge to cars that were near Coolidge Park [...]
Because there is only so much that can be written about the simple act of using public transportation (unless one were to branch out into character sketches of the other riders), this is the last in the occasional Magna CARTA series. Today seems as fitting a time as any to [...]
So, the other day I was driving to work, and I got caught a few cars back as a CARTA bus paused to let a rider remove his bicycle from the front rack at the UTC stop. I sighed impatiently while stealing the opportunity to refresh Twitter on my phone, [...]
