There are 3 article(s) tagged Don Sundquist:

• August 2023

  • Former 2-term Republican Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist dies at 87

    The Memphis Republican’s bid for a state income tax in his second term as governor estranged him from the GOP statewide, but Sundquist made his peace with a more conservative state party late in life.

    By Bill Dries August 27, 2023

• August 2019

  • Lee touts ‘conservative values’ at Lincoln Day gala, Kustoff calls impeachment ‘giant time suck’

    The local Republican party will win elections again, the chairman of the Shelby County GOP vowed Friday at the party’s annual Lincoln Day Gala.

    By Bill Dries August 26, 2019

• October 2018

  • Blackburn, Bredesen careers take contrasting directions

    The race for an open U.S. Senate seat pits a self-declared moderate against a fire-brand conservative, and the legislative careers of former Gov. Phil Bredesen and U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn back up those definitions in a big-money battle that could swing Senate control.

    By Sam Stockard October 22, 2018