Haywood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee,in the region known as West Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 17,864. Its county seat and largest city is Brownsville. It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee,along with Shelby County,with a majority African-American population.
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.
John Shelton Wilder was an American politician who was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee for 36 years from January 1971 to January 2007,possibly the longest time anyone has served as Lieutenant Governor or a similar position in the history of the United States. He was a Tennessee state senator from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1967 to 2009. Tennesseans do not elect their lieutenant governor;rather,the Speaker of the Senate,who is first in the line of succession to the governor,is granted the title by statute.
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
James Hayes Shofner Cooper is an American lawyer,businessman,professor,and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2023. He is a Southern Democrat and was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition,and represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995. His district included all of Nashville. He chaired the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the House Armed Services Committee,and sat on the Committee on Oversight and Reform,United States House Committee on the Budget,and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,more committees than any other member of Congress. At the end of his tenure,he was also the dean of Tennessee's congressional delegation. Cooper is the third-longest serving member of Congress ever from Tennessee,after Jimmy Quillen and B. Carroll Reece.
Jason Everett Mumpower currently serves as Tennessee's 35th Comptroller of the Treasury. He was first elected to the position by the Tennessee General Assembly on January 13,2021. He is responsible for leading the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury,which comprises 12 divisions and more than 560 employees,and ensuring the Office fulfills its mission to make government work better.
Ronald Lynn Ramsey is an American auctioneer,politician,and lobbyist,who served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Tennessee and speaker of the State Senate from 2007 to 2017. A Republican from Blountville in East Tennessee,Ramsey succeeded long-term Democratic Lieutenant Governor John S. Wilder in 2007,who had held the office of lieutenant governor since 1971.
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.
Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats,a majority of Congressional seats,and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville,Memphis,and parts of Knoxville,Chattanooga,Clarksville,Murfreesboro,and Jackson. Several suburban areas of Nashville and Memphis also contain significant Democratic minorities.
Kent Williams was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,first elected in 2006 to the Tennessee House of Representative as a Republican from House District 4 (then entirely then Carter County in 2006 and reelected to the House in 2008.
Richard Glen Casada Jr. is an American politician,and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,where he represented District 63 from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8,2019 through August 2,2019,whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal. This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6,2012,as part of the general election including the 2012 U.S. presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker won a second term in a landslide,defeating Democrat Marck Clayton,carrying all but two counties in the state.
Scotty Campbell is an American politician and professional wrestling promoter. He was a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 3rd district,encompassing Mountain City,Johnson County,and parts of Sullivan County.
The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Tennessee,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was term-limited,and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote,defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
The 1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 2,1976. The Democratic Party candidate,former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter won the state of Tennessee with 56% of the vote against Republican Party candidate,President Gerald Ford,carrying the state's 10 electoral votes.
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.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 7,1972,as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 10 representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Tennessee,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with 64.9% of the vote,defeating his Democratic challenger Jason Martin. Lee improved on his performance from 2018.
Tom Leatherwood is an American politician serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives from Tennessee's 99th house district,since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. The 99th district includes the Northeast part of Shelby County,Tennessee,including the Town of Arlington,City of Lakeland,City of Millington,parts of North and East Bartlett,and unincorporated Northeast Shelby County.
William Andrew Ogles IV is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the mayor of Maury County,Tennessee,from 2018 to 2022.
