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Tennessee: Wamp running for governor; Berke weighing race

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

Tennessee’s 2010 governor’s race kicked into high gear Monday with U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., declaring he will run for the Republican nomination while Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam plans to announce his intentions during a statewide tour that begins today.

Tennessee: Race to succeed Wamp could get crowded

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

The GOP primary in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District could get pretty crowded next year if the current occupant of the seat, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., holds to current plans to run for governor.

Update: Rep. Wamp will seek governor's seat, asks local Pachyderm Club for support

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., today asked members of the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club today to join in to help elect him governor in 2010.

Tennessee: Frist out; GOP eyes 2010 race

Wamp, Haslam to announce plans for governor this week; Gibbons in race.

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not run for Tennessee governor next year, but three other Republican office holders said Sunday that they may enter the race this week and several Democrats could launch campaigns later this year.

VW taps Chattanooga law firm as lobbyist

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

While Volkswagen Group of America Inc. continues to move ahead with building a $1 billion auto assembly plant in Chattanooga, the automaker also has assembled a lobbying team for here.

Tennessee: Questions persists on spill

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

A billion-gallon coal ash spill at TVA’s Kingston power plant drew its first lawsuit Tuesday along with the promise of another and a call for a congressional hearing

House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh challenges top state Republicans to 'renounce' Chip Saltsman

Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

Democratic House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh charged Monday that former state GOP chairman Chip Saltsman’s mailing of a musical parody about President-elect Barack Obama fits into a pattern of “extremist, divisive” acts by some state Republicans.

Naifeh calls on GOP to renounce Obama parody

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008

State House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, D-Covington, today called on Tennessee Republican leaders to “renounce” former state GOP chairman Chip Saltsman for having sent out a musical parody entitled “Barack the Magic Negro” as a Christmas gift in his quest to become Republican National Committee chairman.

Tennessee lawmakers may kill their raise

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008

NASHVILLE — Two Chattanooga Republican lawmakers are exploring how to rescind their recent, automatic cost-of-living salary increase as the state wrestles with a budget deficit caused by the deepening recession.

Tennessee: Forrester claims votes for Democratic post

Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008

NASHVILLE — A candidate for Tennessee Democratic Party chairman is downplaying the support provided by Gov. Phil Bredesen and four of the state’s five Democratic congressmen to his opponent.