More info on Memphis getting attention from Tennessee’s governor candidates
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Tennessee panel recommends lawmakers not make cities hold elections at same time as county, state, federal contests
Four cities hold their elections at the same time as the presidential primary or county primary elections. — The remaining 61, a list that includes Chattanooga, Knoxville, Metro Nashville and Memphis ...
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Shelby County superintendent endorses the republican candidate for governor
Lee is the republican candidate for Tennessee governor. He followed up on Twitter by writing, "Honored to have the support of Superintendent Dorsey Hopson." Governor candidates talk pre-K, Medicaid ...
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Karl Dean wins Democratic nomination for Tennessee governor in landslide
The outcome capped a yearlong primary fight during which Dean, a heavy favorite from the beginning with a significant fundraising advantage, ran as a “pragmatic, commonsense, get ... candidate ...
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Tennessee governor race: Meet the candidates
The Republican candidates ... can get confusing, but know how necessary they are. Fitzhugh has also voiced his support for medical marijuana in Tennessee. Read more on the gubernatorial candidates ...
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Gubernatorial Candidates Dean, Fitzhugh Have Democrats Back in the Game
It is no accident, either, that Karl Dean, a recent Nashville mayor, is a current candidate for governor. What’s more unusual ... They agreed that West Tennessee, and Memphis in particular, had ...
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Opinion | My economic plan for Memphis and Regional Megasite
As governor, I will make sure that West Tennessee gets the same attention as Middle and East Tennessee. Infrastructure is a big part of that. It is hugely important both to Memphis and to ... a ...
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Tennessee gubernatorial candidates: Student testing, teacher evaluations must improve
The Democrats also favor expanding pre-K programs, while the Republican candidates argued there must be more attention to quality of pre ... 3 big questions for Tennessee's next governor More: How to ...
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Gubernatorial candidates discuss lack of Megasite funding
The more than $70 million needed in improvements for the Memphis Regional ... and if I’m elected governor, we will not only finish it, we will put jobs in that site so West Tennessee can move forward.
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Gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean sees Tennessee united on three issues: education, health care and jobs
While the state of Tennessee has three grand divisions ... “There’s still a lot more work to do. You can’t get it done in one governor’s term.” The candidate said he is committed to improving teacher ...
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Randy Boyd runs, literally, through East Tennessee on gubernatorial campaign
Randy Boyd has been jogging in his Asics shoes for miles across East Tennessee ... Republican candidate for governor, on a 6 mile leg of his run across the state that began in Bristol, Tenn. in early ...
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Randy Boyd, John Calipari, and the Tennessee Governor’s Race
Randy Boyd, the soon-to-be former state Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, is widely considered a likely Republican gubernatorial candidate ... by the Governor for being the major ...