Thu
Aug 2 2018
07:44 am
By: R. Neal
A couple of changes:
POLLING PLACE CHANGE – PRECINCT 18 - LINCOLN PARK SCHOOL IS CLOSED.
THE NEW POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT 18 IS:
CHRISTENBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
927 Oglewood Avenue Knoxville, TN 37917
POLLING PLACE CHANGE – PRECINCT 20 - BEAUMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CLOSED.
THE NEW POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT 20 IS:
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA
1415 Elm Street Knoxville, TN 37921
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Will the rain deter people
Will the rain deter people from voting?
At least it doesn't appear to be raining in Middle or West TN.
Yep, rain always hurts. With
(in reply to bizgrrl)
Yep, rain always hurts. With 4 1/2 hours left before polls close, a partial prediction of the winners.
Bredesen
Dean
Hoyos
Blackburn
Lee
Burchett
Jacobs
Hutchinson
Nov. 6 General
Bredesen defeats Blackburn
Lee defeats Dean (Hope I am wrong)
Burchett over Hoyos (would love an upset)
Bredesen?
(in reply to Mike Daugherty)
You think TN Dems will elect Bredesen in the primary? When he booted 170000 off Tenncare in 2004 and called Medicaid expansion under the ACA "the mother of all unfunded mandates" in 2009? Maybe so, but if Dems elect him today, TN Dems are truly lost.
Yes, I certainly disagree
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
Yes, I certainly disagree with Bredesen on many things he did as governor. But his Republican stance on some issues is the reason I think he will be elected. My in-laws vote straight Republican. They have for the past 41 years that I have known them. They will be voting for Bredesen in November along with many Republicans and Independents.He will be a heck of a lot better than Blackburn.He is the only Democrat that can win statewide. I would love to have a true liberal/progressive to represent Tennessee. That is not going to happen in our life time.We live in a state where the majority of voters support a baffoon for President. The ignorant and racist Tennessee electorate is going to continue to vote against their own interests and support their "conservative" champions for many years to come. I hope you and many others will continue to take a stand against leaders that represent all that is wrong in our country. I just disagree on this. Hopefully things will change in our country after the Nov elections. I want a Senate that rejects SCOTUS nominees that would destroy the rights of our citizens and continue to give power to the elite at the expense of all the rest of us. I want a Senate that will convict an evil President after his impeachment. Marsha Blackburn in the Senate would be a disaster for Tennessee and every decent American.
Well put
(in reply to Mike Daugherty)
Bredesen all the way.
Primary
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
That Gary Davis juggernaut will be nearly impossi... oh, no, wait. In this plane of existence, Bredesen had token opposition and won by 86 points over his nearest competitor. (And on the GOP side, even with token opposition, Marsha Blackburn only managed to distance her opponent by 69 points. I think that I read somewhere that Pettigrew's last financials showed him raising like $225.)
Maybe you were thinking of the Dean/Fitzhugh race. Which, well, wasn't even close either.
Here is Marsha's opponent,
(in reply to Andy Axel)
Here is Marsha's opponent, who apparently did most of his campaigning on reddit:
And because we're in Tennessee (and he is not Marsha) he managed to get more than 111,000 votes.
In Tennessee and in Knox
(in reply to R. Neal)
In Tennessee and in Knox County it does not matter to most voters what qualifications you have. What matters is you are not one of those bleeding heart Democrats that would like to use our tax money for healthcare to save a dying child or adult. Many of the ignorant voters do not care if the Republican candidate is qualified for the job. That is irrelevant to them. They want a candidate that at least says they are anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-immigrant and that loves Jesus, no matter that their actions contradict any religion based on love and kindness. A good example of Knox County mindless voting was voting for totally incompetent candidates who don't have a clue to replace outstanding judges such as Daryl Fansler. It did not matter how qualified the candidates were - the only thing that mattered was that they voted against a Democrat who probably supports giving away hard earned tax dollars to starving kids. What a terrible person to actually do what Jesus would do. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope though, Diane Black did lose.
So there's that
(in reply to Mike Daugherty)
Also Stacey Campfield AND Tim Hutchison lost.
Thank goodness!
(in reply to mjw)
Thank goodness!
Follow the results at
Follow the results at WBIR...
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Let's see if I can find some
Let's see if I can find some happy nuggets from yesterday. No more Tim Hutchison. No more Stacey Campfield. No more Diane Black.
This is Tennessee. For a primary day, I'll take it.
No more Beth Harwell either.
(in reply to Rachel)
No more Beth Harwell either.
No more of those characters,
(in reply to Andy Axel)
No more of those characters, but lots more Trumpish ads between now and Nov. 6 with the message of build the wall, no sanctuary cities, God and guns. What in the world would Jesus do? He sure would not vote Republican. The Republican platform contradicts everything he taught!
No more Jimmy Matlock.
No more Jimmy Matlock.
No more Jimmy Matlock.
(in reply to Bbeanster)
There is a God.
A great deal more of Tim
(in reply to fischbobber)
We are going to see a great deal more of Tim Burchett. One of the first to support Trump. He will be no better than Matlock with his solid support for a mentally ill President. Just another gutless Republican that is smart enough to know how unqualified and immoral his President is but does not have the character to say it. Burchett is wrong on almost all the issues. He stresses that he wants a capitalist healthcare system. What he is really saying is that a person's wealth should buy their health and if you do not have the money to buy your health then it is just fine to let you suffer the pain and consequences and die. Of course,if he wins he will just be replacing another Trump supporter. With a Burchett win in November the 2nd district would continue to be represented by someone that does not take a stand for the interests of almost all Americans.
We have a choice
(in reply to Mike Daugherty)
for the first time in a very long string of elections when The Duncans really did not face much resistance.
Choice
(in reply to Mike Daugherty)
Vote for Rene Hoyos!
Burchett
At least Burchett supports a "safety center" for the mentally ill. Maybe Trump can be the first client.
Did Burchett mention any specifics?
At least Burchett supports a
(in reply to Up Goose Creek)
At least Burchett supports a "safety center" for the mentally ill. Maybe Trump can be the first client.
Okay, THAT'S funny.
Central location for all Knox county Dem candidates
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You know......
(in reply to Mike Knapp)
With a little luck and the right campaign, I think Renee Hoyos has a real chance of winning. Burchette bet that the fifty percent of his normally faithful voters that were sane would stick with him regardless of whether he hooked up to the batshit crazy Trump train or not. It didn't work for Boyd or Black and I'm not sure it will work for him.
If Hoyos holds him accountable for his rhetoric, and the moderate base of Tim's support is forced to look at the direction he's chosen to take, I don't think many will be able, in good conscience, to vote for him.
He should have listened to his daughter and been the man his constituents believe him to be instead of hooking up with the batshit crazy right and trying to reinvent himself. All he's done so far is convince people he's a bigger (fill in your own term here) than Jimmy Matlock. Regardless of the term you filled in, it's not a pretty picture.
Like so many other
(in reply to fischbobber)
Like so many other Republicans, any integrity he had has been lost by his outspoken support of a lying, immoral, and incompetent President. Whether you agree with him on any issues or not, he no longer deserves respect.