There are 40 article(s) tagged Phil Bredesen:

• October 2018

  • Blackburn claims women’s voices ‘shredded’ during Bredesen administration

    U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn kept up her relentless attack on former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen in their final debate Wednesday night, accusing him of running a governor’s office soft on sexual harassment.

    By Sam Stockard October 11, 2018

  • Taylor Swift won’t give Bredesen an upset victory, an oversized voter turnout in Shelby County will

    Taylor Swift may have gotten all the media attention for potentially upping the vote.

    By Otis Sanford October 11, 2018

  • Bredesen’s quandary gives points to Blackburn

    Republican U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Marsha Blackburn must have been sitting back laughing as she pounded former Gov. Phil Bredesen for postponing his stance on the Kavanaugh nomination.

    By Sam Stockard October 10, 2018

  • Bredesen would vote for Kavanaugh confirmation despite Ford allegations

    U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen – in a long-awaited response – said Friday, Oct. 5, he would vote for Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court even amid sexual assault allegations against the judge.

    By Sam Stockard October 05, 2018

  • Democrat invites to economic meeting rile some Republicans

    Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald is among Republican leaders balking at a nonpartisan West Tennessee Economic Development Caucus event for two Democratic statewide candidates in Jackson.

    By Sam Stockard October 04, 2018

  • Bredesen supports FBI investigation of Kavanaugh allegations

    U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen is backing an FBI investigation of the sexual assault accusations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh but still not saying how he would vote.

    By Sam Stockard October 02, 2018

  • Blackburn, Bredesen hold opposite views on endorsements

    Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn is piling up conservative endorsements in the race for a U.S. Senate seat while former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen is downplaying the importance of such support, possibly a strategic move to garner moderate backers.

    By Sam Stockard October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • The Memphis 10: ‘Tennessee values’ in the Bredesen-Blackburn race, Brooks ‘Outside,’ Mark Edgar Stuart’s new album, and more

    Welcome back to The Memphis 10, the only place where you'll find Marsha Blackburn and the Oblivians hanging out together.

    By Chris Herrington September 28, 2018

  • Blackburn, Bredesen hammer each other in first debate

    Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen didn’t waste any time getting after each other in their first U.S. Senate debate.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018

  • Bredesen says during debate he won’t vote for Schumer

    Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen said during the first U.S. Senate debate Tuesday night he would not vote for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer if elected, shrugging off criticism from U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn that he would be in the liberal New Yorker’s pocket.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018

  • State leaders ignore calls to drop out of Obamacare lawsuit

    A Christian group pleading with Tennessee leaders to drop out of a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act could be compared to a tree falling in the forest.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018

  • Blackburn, Bredesen pull off the gloves in Senate race

    The battle to fill Tennessee’s open U.S. Senate seat is turning into a free-for-all before the Nov. 6 election.

    By Sam Stockard September 25, 2018

  • Sen. Bredesen? Maybe. But Tennessee is still a bright red state

    By some accounts, Democrat Phil Bredesen narrowly leads Republican Marsha Blackburn in what may be the nation’s most important contest in determining which party will control the United States Senate for the next two years. Democrats in Tennessee are right to rejoice at the prospect that the popular former governor has at least an even chance to represent the state in Washington come January.

    By Michael Nelson September 20, 2018

  • Potentially game-changing Blackburn-Bredesen Senate race features two strategies: national vs. local

    Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is doing all she can to nationalize her race for the U.S. Senate.

    By Otis Sanford September 20, 2018

  • Bredesen defends his wait-and-see stance on Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

    Democratic U.S. Senate contender Phil Bredesen met a crowd of 500 at Rhodes College Thursday, Sept. 13, that consisted mostly of supporters on what was originally planned as a debate with Republican rival Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn would not commit to the debate.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2018