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TNDP: ‘Tuesday was a victory for our country’

On November 7, 2012 By

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chairman Chip Forrester issued the following statement Tuesday evening following the re-election of President Barack Obama:

Tuesday was victory for our country and middle-class Tennesseans. Not only did the American people re-elect Barack Obama as President, but Tennesseans also sent some real fighters to the state legislature. We are [...]

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Newspapers Endorse Democratic Candidates

On November 1, 2012 By

Knoxville News Sentinal

House 13 — Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville

House 15 — Joe Armstrong, D-Knoxville

House 33 — Jim Hackworth, D-Clinton

 

Chattanooga Times

Third Congressional District — Dr. Mary Headrick

Fourth Congressional District — Eric Stewart

Senate 10 — Andrae McGary

House 27 — Frank Eaton

House 28 — [...]

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TNDP: Romney-Ryan Politics Endanger Tennessee’s Future

On August 11, 2012 By

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester issued a statement following Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate.

“There’s no doubt what Romney-Ryan politics would mean for Tennessee – budget-busting tax breaks for the wealthy, greater burdens for working families, fewer health care options for women, and less security for [...]

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TNDP Chair Chip Forrester’s Statement on Results of Tennessee’s Presidential Primary

On March 6, 2012 By

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester released the following statement tonight on the results of the GOP Primary in Tennessee:

“Mitt Romney’s loss tonight shows that he is out-of-touch with Tennesseans and it raises serious concerns about his chances in November — if he can make it to the general election. Not [...]

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Sen. Herron Chooses to Serve the McWherter Center

On January 26, 2012 By

Will expand work on education and jobs

Dresden, Tenn. — State Sen. Roy Herron announced today plans not to run for office in 2012, but instead to lead the Ned McWherter Center for Rural Development in expanded efforts to help young people go to college and create jobs for Tennesseans.

The senator expressed [...]

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Eric Stewart Named One of Nation’s Top Congressional Candidates

On January 20, 2012 By

Gaining Momentum, DCCC Names Tenn. Fourth Congressional “Emerging Race”

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced today that state Sen. Eric Stewart (D-Belvidere) has been placed on the Emerging Races list in his campaign for Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District.

The DCCC recognized Stewart’s campaign for increasingly making this race competitive by meeting infrastructure and organizational [...]

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Top Obama Strategist to Speak at Tennessee Latino Summit

On January 9, 2012 By

State Democrats Gathering Input for Hispanic Outreach Plan

NASHVILLE — Democrats are building a plan to better engage Tennessee’s fast-growing Latino community and they’ve enlisted the help of Katherine Archuleta, the Obama campaign’s National Political Director.

Archuleta, the first Latina to hold that position on a major presidential campaign, will give remarks Jan. 21 [...]

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Republican Plan for the Economy: Higher Unemployment for Tennessee

On September 7, 2011 By

New analysis shows extreme plan endorsed by Sen. Corker, GOP presidential front runners would cost Tennessee 184,569 jobs

NASHVILLE—In advance of tonight’s GOP presidential debate in California, the Tennessee Democratic Party released a new estimate of the number of jobs which would be lost in [...]

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GOP Overreach

On June 22, 2011 By

It’s crystal clear that Tennesseans have soundly rejected the extremist GOP agenda rammed through the state legislature this year.

A new, statewide Vanderbilt University poll found that support for the Republican-led state legislature has “plummeted 20 percentage points since January.”

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An Overview of the 2011 General Assembly

On June 22, 2011 By

After just five months of Republican control in the General Assembly and the Governor’s mansion, things in Tennessee are getting worse.

“How bad is it?” Wendi Thomas of The Memphis Commercial Appeal wrote. “It’s so bad I may have to say I’m from Mississippi.”

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