United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2008

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The Tennessee United States Senate election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008. Since 1994, the Republican Party has held both of Tennessee's Senate seats. The seat is currently held by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander.

Contents 1 Candidates[1] 1.1 Republican Party 1.2 Democratic Party 1.3 Independents 2 Polling 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Candidates^[1]

[edit] Republican Party

• Lamar Alexander: United States Senator (2003-present), former United States Secretary of Education under George H.W. Bush (1991-1993), 45th Governor of Tennessee (1979-1987), and two time candidate for President of the United States (1996 and 2000). On April 3, 2007, Alexander confirmed that he will seek re-election to the Senate in 2008. Alexander has remained a popular figure in Tennessee since his first term as governor and faces no opposition in the Republican primary^[2]

[edit] Democratic Party

• Kenneth Eaton: Nashville mayoral candidate 2003 and 2007, successful businessman and entrepenuer with 30 years experience from Nashville. After two highly publicized campaigns, Eaton was approached by many powerful members of the Democratic Party, including Congressman Bob Clement and attorney Larry Woods, to help make a change in Tennessee. He was the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for the US Senate on February 18,2008

• Mike Padgett: Knox County Clerk 1986-2007, a top performer in Knox County elections and the driving force behind many reforms of the Clerk's office - including the popular "satellite office" program. Mike Padgett was forced to resign from the Clerk's postion due to a court enforcement of Term limit laws in 2007. Padgett formally declared himself to be a candidate March 4, 2008.

• Bob Tuke: Democratic Party of Tennessee Chairman 2005-2007, a dedicated Democratic party activist and Nashville area attorney. Bob Tuke is a former Marine that served in the Vietnam War and is currently serving as Barack Obama's Presidential campaign chair in TN. Tuke declared himself to be a candidate March 3, 2008 and has secured the help of several high profile Democratic campaigners including Joe Trippi.

[edit] Independents

• Chris Lugo: Peace activist and 2006 Green Party US Senate candidate. Lugo announced on January 17th that he was seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party as a 'Progressive Democrat.'^{[citation needed]} In March 2008, Lugo announced he was dropping his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, and would run either for the Green Party nomination or as an independent. ^[3]Lugo filed as an independent.
• David Gatchell: 2006 independent senate candidate

[edit] Polling

Source	Date	Alexander (R)	Tuke (D)
Rasmussen Report	April 8, 2008	59%	30%
Ayres, McHenry & Associates (R)	March 11, 2008	59%	28%

Source	Date	Alexander (R)	Padgett (D)
Rasmussen Report	April 8, 2008	58%	31%
Ayres, McHenry & Associates (R)	March 11, 2008	58%	31%

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Lamar Alexander campaign website
• Friends of McWherter website
• Bob Tuke for US Senate website
• Chris Lugo for US Senate Website

Preceded by 2006 Bob Corker (R)

Tennessee U.S. Senate election 2008

Succeeded by 2012

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