Partisan politics and ideological principles undergird candidate recruiting efforts for City Council races in this year’s election.
Early Voting on Campus
A bill before the General Assembly would require five days of early voting at UT, MTSU and the University of Memphis.
The COVID Effect on Voting
Concerns about the pandemic have helped fuel record levels for early and absentee voting during this year’s election.
Election 2020: 6th Senate District
Republican incumbent Becky Duncan Massey faces a challenge from Democratic newcomer Jane George in the county’s largest legislative district.
Knox County 2020: A Primer (Part 2)
A survey of what’s changed, what hasn’t and what to watch in the local political and economic landscape. Today: the City of Knoxville and the private sector.
Ballot Bound
Eddie Mannis survives a second challenge to his Republican bona fides to carry the GOP’s banner in the 18th District state House race.
Power Poll: Keep the Electoral College
Respondents also weighed in on mail-in ballots, Russian meddling and the future of the Democratic Party in Tennessee.
Election 2020: 18th House District Primary
In the contest to succeed Rep. Martin Daniel, Gina Oster and Eddie Mannis appeal to different wings of the Republican Party.
Election 2020: State Senate District 6 Primary
A chiropractor and a minister are first-time Democratic candidates who want to take on an entrenched GOP incumbent in the general election.
Election 2020: 15th House District Primary
Three candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in the county’s most reliably blue legislative district.