There are 16 article(s) tagged U.S. Senate:

• September 2025

  • Millington native’s return to US attorney seat clears Senate Judiciary Committee

    Ahead of the roll call vote, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn spoke in favor of Dunavant, calling him an “experienced prosecutor.”

    By Bill Dries September 13, 2025

• September 2024

  • Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died

    Sasser, a Democrat, represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 1995 and was then appointed by President Bill Clinton as ambassador to China.

    By The Associated Press September 11, 2024

• May 2024

  • Kevin Ritz’s nomination squeaks through Senate Judiciary Committee

    The nomination takes place against a backdrop of a dispute between Republicans and Democrats in the chamber over a procedural custom for notifying senators of the opposing party that was suspended during the Trump administration.

    By Bill Dries May 10, 2024

• April 2024

  • Who’s running in Tennessee’s U.S. Senate, House primaries

    U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. David Kustoff, both Republicans, and Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen all face challengers in the August primaries as well as the November general election.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2024

• February 2024

  • DeSoto County Republicans host U.S. Senate candidate forum

    Speaking to a crowd of about 100 constituents, Mississippi State Rep. Dan Eubanks and retired Marine Corps Colonel Ghannon Burton squared off against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s wife, Gayle Wicker. 

    By Rob Moore February 27, 2024

• October 2022

  • Conaway: A note from the Tennessee-Alabama game: Georgia matters

    “If Herschel Walker is elected to the U.S. Senate, make no mistake, Georgia as a state, the Republicans as a party and we as a country will have made a new statement: character doesn’t matter.”

    By Dan Conaway October 21, 2022

• December 2021

  • U.S. Senate passes bill to remove ex-Klansman’s name from Memphis’ federal building

    U.S. Senate has passed a bill to remove a former Klansman’s name from Memphis’ federal building. The measure now goes to President Biden.

    By Marc Perrusquia December 09, 2021

• November 2020

  • Biden expresses optimism as vote count continues

    The fate of the presidency hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fight for the last handful of battleground states.

    By The Associated Press November 04, 2020

• September 2020

  • Alexander: Fill U.S. Supreme Court vacancy now

    Tennessee’s senior Senator ended a Sunday of speculation about where he would stand on the move to fill the vacancy with a written statement Sunday afternoon.

    By Bill Dries September 20, 2020

• December 2018

  • Sanford: Alexander served with honor, earning the right to step aside

    The statement contained a total of 102 words. But for a man who has served his state and country as long as Lamar Alexander has, it was remarkable for its brevity.

    By Otis Sanford December 17, 2018

• November 2018

  • Sanford: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith continues Mississippi’s history of defiance

    “Everything is not about race,” Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant boldly proclaimed this week while struggling to defend an indefensible comment from the person he handpicked to be an interim U.S. senator.

    By Otis Sanford November 15, 2018

  • Nelson: Election night overload? Here are some things you may have missed

    So much to talk about after the Mid-South midterm elections. Let me focus on some non-obvious things that happened in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Memphis last night – in that order.

    By Michael Nelson November 09, 2018

• October 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

• September 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