A press release entitled ‘Key Reporters and Republican Leaders across Tennessee Join Zach Wamp in Asking: “What’s Haslam Hiding?” cites no reporters, only columnists, commentators and editorials:
Nashville, Tenn. – Zach Wamp, Republican candidate for Governor today again asked the question that a growing chorus of other Republican candidates and leaders, [...]
From a press release:
Zach Wamp, Republican candidate for Governor said today he is traveling to all 95 Tennessee counties during the first year of his campaign to listen and learn from voters about their top priorities and concerns.
Wamp is using these visits to craft his 20/20 Vision for Tennessee’s Future, [...]
Others aren’t so sure:
A second challenge — also geared to spending — came on a proposal by Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) to force Treasury to return any unspent funds from last year’s financial rescue plan.
Democrats and Obama are eying the same pot of money — about $200 billion — [...]
Jenn Wade attended John Rich’s big fundraiser for Zach Wamp and shares some thoughts and pictures.
[...]Dru Fuller with the report from a Zach Wamp fundraiser from John Rich’s new home on Love Circle:
Wamp said the party, “transcends the old line money. This (fundraiser) greatly encouraging to me and my family.” He noted, “I am winning every metric of this campaign except the money chase [...]
More trash talk from Rep. Zach Wamp:
Other candidates “don’t have enough experience to know what’s going to happen, and they don’t have enough backbone to be the kind of leaders that we need going forward,” U.S. Rep. Wamp said. “I’m not being critical. I’m just talking about who’s ready [...]
Democratic candidate Paula Flowers is bowing out of the third district congressional race to replace Rep. Zach Wamp, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports:
Ms. Flowers, a Democrat, said she had been looking forward to serving the district, but the needs of her husband and three sons had to come [...]Another quotable from Wamp’s availability with country star John Rich:
“My knowledge of the world, our country, the federal goverment, the Congress, the executive branch and history make me far and away the best candidate to be governor of our state,” the Chattanooga congressman said. He added he has “scars [...]
From a media advisory:
Zach Wamp, Republican candidate for Governor, will be joined by country music star John Rich at the Downtown Nashville Hilton at 1:15pm for a brief question and answer session on the 2010 gubernatorial race and about an upcoming Zach Wamp for Governor fundraising event to be hosted [...]
The gubernatorial candidate once again gets mentioned for his association with the controversial fundamentalist fellowship:
You have, over in the House, you have guys like Representative Zach Wamp of Tennessee, a very conservative Republican. You have Representative Frank Wolf of Virginia. You have Democrats, as well, and I think that’s [...]
Erik Schelzig on Zach Wamp:
Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp of Chattanooga is the only candidate in the race without a college degree, but stresses how he overcame a destructive drug habit to build a career as a commercial and industrial real estate broker and to be elected to Congress [...]
He’s not a fan:
Marijuana is a very dangerous drug and the legalization of it is a controversial issue. Our nation is looking for ways to prevent our young people smoking cigarettes while also dealing with the enormous health costs associated with long-term smoking. If we were to simultaneously [...]
AP:
Gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp says he will join fellow Republican Bill Gibbons in releasing his tax returns and other personal financial details.
Wamp, a congressman from Chattanooga, said in a release Wednesday that he challenges all gubernatorial candidates to follow suit and be “fully open and transparent” about potential conflicts [...]
Rep. Zach Wamp hits fellow gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam with a zinger:
Reached Friday, Wamp tweaked Haslam, too: “Four out of five wealthy candidates lose, and ones that win usually made their own money.”
Wamp said polls have show him leading, and he predicted that by February he would “be so [...]
Zach Wamp reminds everyone he’s the man with the most to lose in the GOP gubernatorial primary:
There’s three big issues in this state that can kill a candidate no matter which party you are from – life, guns and taxes. … I’m the only one of these four that [...]
The Humble Libertarian thinks GOP money-man Lee Beaman may have something to do with the move to oust Matt Collins from Davidson County GOP:
I’m especially interested to know because part of the controversy over Matt Collins is his public refusal to shake hands with bailout voter, Zach Wamp. [...]
Zach Wamp was just wondering:
We must control spending and quit this reckless borrowing. President Obama had to reassure our largest foreign lender, the Chinese government, on his administration’s plans for the deficit and how health care spending will impact it. China wants evidence that we have a plan to [...]
Zach Wamp on getting kids excited about learning:
Improving education, Wamp said, is not as difficult a problem as some would have the public believe, Wamp said. “It’s not all about money. Early childhood reading is the key,” he said.
Wamp said students need to be plugging into classes they’ll need [...]
David Oatney thinks Bill Gibbons gubernatorial candidacy is healthy:
Despite Zach Wamp wishing that Ron Ramsey would find some reason to drop out (he admitted as much to Rob Huddleston and myself at the Statesman’s Dinner this year when he told us that he thought Ramsey was going to have [...]
Dr. Bill Stacy, the former Chancellor the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, endorses Zach Wamp.
[...]You always want to be mentioned along with Zach Wamp, Ron Ramsey and Bill Haslam as a major contender for the nomination but then when it comes time to release your info to major newspapers around the state SouthComm gets the high hat. Alright then.
Shelby County District Attorney General Bill [...]
Rep. Zach Wamp has put his John Hancock to a legal brief opposing those who don’t want “In God, We Trust” and the Pledge of Alliance in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
[...]The gubernatorial candidate gets out the grassroots:
The county chairs, coordinators and leadership teams in the 51 counties that Rep. Wamp announced today should account for more than 82 percent of the likely Republican primary vote in the August 2010 primary based on recent statewide primary elections, he said.
“All these things don’t really matter in the big scheme of things,” said Wamp “Most often they’re a matter of how many tables a candidate buys, or how many tickets a candidate buys to an event.” The Chattanoogan said a “scientific survey” would give a better [...]
