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September 28, 2009
U.S. House: Eight Safe Seats, Part I
Does any member of Tennessee's current congressional delegation stand at risk of being voted out of office in 2010? Here is the first installment in a three-part series briefly looking at the upcoming races.
TN01: This primevally Republican district changed representatives in 2008 when Dr. Phil Roe successfully challenged former freshman Rep. David Davis in the primary. OpenCongress cites a Roll Call article that indicated Davis may be looking for a rematch. Rob Russell, an administrator at ETSU, will again be running on the Democratic Party ticket, and will again face very long odds.
TN02: There is no known primary challenge for U.S. Rep. John "Jimmy" Duncan, a Republican. The Democrat who ran against him in 2008 has apparently filed again. His name is Robert Scott.
(I'm skipping TN03 because there's this whole other blog dedicated to my home district, and because it's an open seat, so "safe" isn't a factor.)
The good parts are coming up in later episodes. One race in particular is experiencing plenty of turbulence right now, and perhaps it will stabilize before I get around to covering it.
US House Elections | By joe lance | 9:37 PM