Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate,incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore were re-elected to a second and final term,defeating the Republican ticket of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp and the Reform ticket of businessman Ross Perot and economist Pat Choate.
Mary Marsha Blackburn is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee. Blackburn was first elected to the Senate in 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Blackburn was a state senator from 1999 to 2003 and represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019,during which time the National Journal rated her among the House's most conservative members.
The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor is the only official in the Tennessee state government who is directly elected by the voters of the entire state.
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote and re-elected in 2006 with 68.6%. He served as the 66th mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation,which he sold in 1986. He is the last Democrat to win and/or hold statewide office in Tennessee.
Ned Ray McWherter was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee,from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that,he served as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987,the longest tenure as Speaker up to that time. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn was an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years. Dunn was an unsuccessful candidate for a second term in 1986,losing to Democrat Ned McWherter. He remained active in the Republican Party and the medical field from the end of his term as governor until his death.
Frank Goad Clement was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1967. Inaugurated for the first time at age 32,he was the state's youngest and longest-serving governor in the 20th century. Clement owed much of his rapid political rise to his ability to deliver rousing,mesmerizing speeches. His sermon-like keynote address at the 1956 Democratic National Convention has been described as both one of the best and one of the worst keynote addresses in the era of televised conventions.
Robert Nelson Clement is an American politician and academic administrator. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district from 1988 until 2003.
William Vanderpool "Van" Hilleary is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the dean of and only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.
William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville,Tennessee.
The 2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006,to elect the governor of Tennessee,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen was re-elected to a second term with 68.6% of the vote,defeating his Republican challenger Jim Bryson. Improving on his performance from 2002,Bredesen also carried every county in the state.
David B. Hawk is an American politician. He was elected to the 103rd through the 113th General Assembly as the member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 5th district,composed of Unicoi County and parts of Greene County. He is a member of the Commerce Committee,the Conservation and Environment Committee,the Parks and Tourism Subcommittee,and the Small Business Subcommittee.
The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Tennessee. The party was founded in 1826 initially as the Jacksonian Party. The Tennessee Democratic Party was born out of President Andrew Jackson's populist philosophy of Jacksonian democracy in the mid to late-1820s. After Jackson left office,the Democratic Party struggled in the state as the Whig Party would go on to be the dominant party in Tennessee until its collapse after the 1852 Election. Prior to the Civil War,as a result of the collapse of the former Whig Party,the Democratic Party became the dominant party in the state. After the war ended,the Republican Party would be the dominant political party during Reconstruction,but once Reconstruction ended,the Democratic Party would dominate Tennessee Politics up until 2011 when the Republican Party would gain firm control of Tennessee State Government.
Matthew Hansen Mead is a Wyoming attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate from the State of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball,and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.
Mary Littleton is an American politician. A Republican,she has represented District 78 in the Tennessee House of Representatives since January 8,2013.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6,2018,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. representative Marsha Blackburn won the open seat,defeating former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen.
Gordon Douglas Jones is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones was previously the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001. He is the most recent Democrat to win and/or hold statewide office in Alabama.
Thomas Richard Tillis is an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 92nd district as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state house he served as the Majority Whip.
