Today is primary day in TN:
TN US Senate
It looks like the Dems are going to nominate Robert Tuke to take on Senator Alexander
TN 1 Davis
Precincts Reporting: 84% (200 of 236)
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Phil Roe 24156 51%
David Davis X 22916 48%
Michael Sabri 293 1%
Congressman Davis is currently losing his re-election bid
TN 9 Cohen (D)
No info yet on whether Cohen remains the Dems congressman in this black district where he a white man represent them
Stay updated for further info!
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Cohen wins easily
dld1717 (Diary) Thursday, August 7th at 9:54PM EST (link)Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
X Steve Cohen X 34076 79%
Nikki Tinker 7972 19%
Joe Towns 649 2%
Isaac Richmond 135 0%
James Gregory 126 0%
In TN 9 Dem Cohen has easily won when some thought this was going to be a close contest seeing he is white representing black district
For those that care
dld1717 (Diary) Thursday, August 7th at 10:52PM EST (link)I don’t get why no one seems to care about congress races on this site
Congressman Davis appears to have lost by less then 500 votes
Precincts Reporting: 100% (236 of 236)
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Phil Roe 25916 50%
David Davis X 25416 49%
Michael Sabri 325 1%
Is there any indication why an incumbent Republican lost in a primary?
AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, August 7th at 11:25PM EST (link)Can Davis be classified a RINO…or is there something else involved?
I've heard he was squishy on immigration...
ModRocker86 (Diary) Friday, August 8th at 12:07AM EST (link)Nothing like Chris Cannon, but not particularly strong on it either. Plus, the 2006 primary between Davis and Roe was pretty nasty from what I recall. So a little ideological battle and a little personal animosity has led to this upset.
Davis losing is a major shock considering the amount of ink used on the 9th and 7th district races. Cohen stomped anti-Semite Nikki Tinker in the 9th’s Dem primary and Marsha Blackburn easily defeated Tom Leatherwood 62-38 in the 7th GOP primary despite much Memphis media support for Leatherwood.
Little attention was paid to the 1st district, but it has proved to be the race that will grab the most attention after all.
Roe beating Davis appears to be a good thing
Change Jar Conservative (Diary) Friday, August 8th at 6:25AM EST (link)It seems like there were some ethical questions about a donor to Davis.
I think the GOP learned from 2006 that if you have someone with ethical issues that you either dump them in the primary or the voters will dump them in the general.
Davis won this district with 61% in 2006 over a Democrat so his certainly isn’t likely to shift to the Dems now.
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Formerly know as “Oz” in these parts
Roe is the next Congressman for sure
ModRocker86 (Diary) Friday, August 8th at 8:31AM EST (link)This is probably the most Republican district in the entire state. Even when Democrats ruled Tennessee and the rest of the South, the 1st district was electing Republicans to the House.
I need to do some research but I think this is one of many squish incumbents that have been shown the door during the primaries!
AceInTX (Diary) Friday, August 8th at 12:48PM EST (link)Let the bloodletting continue I say!