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The Tennessee Republican Party (TRP or TNGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Tennessee. Since the mid-1960s, the state has become increasingly Republican. The current chairman of the Republican Party of Tennessee is Scott Golden.
During the period from 1939 until about 1970, the conservative whites of the Democratic party in Tennessee largely controlled the state politically. A minority of Republican voters were dominant in the eastern part of the state, which had favored the Union during the Civil War.
Oct 8, 2017 · The year 1952 began a forty-year domination by Republicans in Tennessee presidential elections. Of the twelve elections in this period, Tennessee voted Republican eight times. Even more significantly, the state backed the winner in eleven of the twelve elections.
- Ed Young
In the presidential race, Republican Sen. John McCain won 70 percent of the vote; most other Republicans topped 60 percent; and voters ousted an incumbent Democratic state legislator, which...
Jan 16, 2020 · In a new book co-authored by a Penn State researcher, the authors explored how racial dynamics, policy changes and political party shifts—combined with the history and legacy of the...
Jul 18, 2023 · Republican appointees run the state supreme court. The state’s nine-member U.S. House delegation contains eight Republicans; Tennessee has sent two Republicans to the Senate.
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The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Tennessee. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Tennessee .
