Tuke vs. Padgett - decision time
Randy Neal expands on his endorsements with the reasoning behind his decision to go with Bob Tuke rather than Mike Padgett:
Tuke v. Padgett is a tough one and I have been putting off voting trying to decide.
I really like how Mike Padgett has run his campaign, visiting all 95 counties in Tennessee and talking [...]
Tuke trumps during last quarter
Apparently, former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett is falling pretty far behind Bob Tuke in the race for the Democratic senate nomination.
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Padgett endorsements coming in
Another endorsement for Mike Padgett today.
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Padgett switches teams
Former Hillary Clinton supporter and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett now says he’s in Obama’s corner.
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A talk with Mike Padgett
A.C. Kleinheider sits a spell with Knoxville’s own Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
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The “generally affable” Mike Padgett
Tennessee Ticket reviews Mike Padgett’s visit to Chattanooga, and recounts an unusual education proposal made by the Democratic candidate for Senate:
Another recipient of harsh criticism from the generally affable candidate was the No Child Left Behind act. And then, on the subject of education, came one of the boldest proposals of the day: public school [...]
Mr. Carville wishes to make his K-town remarks OFF the record
A press release from the Knox County Democratic Party:
2008 EAST TENNESSEE TRUMAN DAY DINNER
“An Evening With James Carville”
6:00 p.m. May 15, 2008
Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, TN, May 6, 2008: One of the most recognizable figures in politics, James Carville is a liberal iconoclast who scopes the political landscape with his signature energy and [...]
Padgett’s Energy 2.0
Democratic candidate for Senate Mike Padgett has released his own energy plan today:
n the wake of Lamar Alexander’s speech this morning announcing a new “Manhattan Project” for energy independence, one of Alexander’s Democratic opponents, former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett, has released his own plan called “Energy 2.0.”
Like Alexander, Padgett discusses expanding the use of [...]
The rare and elusive “Appalachian conservative Democrat”
David Oatney says Mike Padgett’s type just doesn’t exist:
He also said he was an “Appalachian conservative Democrat.” In the mold of who, Mike? Who is Mike Padgett’s great political example-as the conservative that he was just on the radio claiming to be? Since Padgett himself has made this claim, I think it is a fair [...]
Read More..>>Padgett’s not so keen on this “Manhattan Project”
Mike Padgett says Lamar Alexander hasn’t proved himself on clean energy, which makes his new call for some sort of “Manhattan Project” rather suspect:
“In five years as a United States senator, he has done nothing that would prevent the pain we’re feeling now at the pump,” Padgett said after Senator Alexander announced that he would [...]
Read More..>>10 Things, and Cortney Piper’s new gig
At a relatively young age, Cortney Piper’s become quite a fixture in progressive Knoxville politics. She recently ran a high profile - though ultimately unsuccessful - campaign for County Commission Seat 2B, and she’s been active in environmental issues via her position as Communications Director with the Tennessee Clean Water Network.
Cortney informs me that she [...]
Knoxville homeboy Padgett starts getting statewide attention
Former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett, currently running for Lamar Alexander’s U.S. Senate Seat, will be the subject of an interview this week with Nashville Scene editor Matt Pulle, who has an ongoing beef with Padgett’s primary opponent, Bob Tuke.
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Mike Padgett: Bring the troops home
Via Kleinheider, I see that former Knox County Clerk, Democrat Mike Padgett begins speaking out on national issues as his campaign for U.S. Senate gets underway:
“Gen. Petraeus himself once posed the question: ‘How does this end?’ Well, it ends when we face the fact that Iraqi society is broken and bleeding along lines that have [...]
Tuke is to Obama as Padgett is to Hillary
Jennifer Brooks suggests the Tuke-Padgett match-up will play out as a primary do-over. What do you think?
If you liked the presidential primary race, you’re going to love the sequel.
Familiar faces from the Clinton/Obama matchup are returning for a new battle in Tennessee, this time challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander’s hold on his seat.
Democrats Bob [...]
Lugo won’t run as Democrat
Via the AP:
A former Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate says he has abandoned plans to run as a Democrat this year. Chris Lugo, who came in seventh in the 2006 race, said Friday that he will again seek the Green Party nomination or run as an independent. Lugo was one [...]
Padgett vs. Tuke match-up beginning to take shape
Nashville City Paper this week surmises how Knox County’s homeboy, Mike Padgett might overcome Bob Tuke’s insider status:
Party insiders, though, are saying it could be very likely (polling) numbers also reflect the sentiment in the party statewide about the Democrats primary candidates — that despite Tuke’s profile in the fishbowl of Nashville, Padgett may have [...]
Mike Padgett: it’s all about the county clerks
Today’s the day longtime local politico Mike Padgett announces for Senate:
I have been working vigorously over the past few weeks building a team that will include people from all parts of the state of Tennessee,” he said.
That likely will include several county clerks. “He knows every county clerk in the state and a lot of [...]
Mike Padgett taps campaign team
Metro Pulse by way of Volunteer Voters notes:
We mentioned yesterday that Bob Tuke had tapped Ben Chao to run his embryonic effort for U.S.. Senate. Today we learn that Former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett has signed a big name operator as well.
Metro Pulse reports that Randy Button and Jed Brewer’s Blue Solutions will [...]
Padgett –and Alexander — have a challenger
Silence Isn’t Golden says TN Democratic insider and Nashville lawyer Bob Tuke will formally announce for U.S. Senate this week.
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Newsflash: Hornback won’t be voting for Mike Padgett
Shockingly, Brian Hornback apparently won’t be supporting Mike Padgett for U.S. Senate.
Heads up to the Tennessee Republican Party. Mike Padgett ignored the will of the citizens of Knox County when he ran for re-election in 2006 with a total disregard for the term limit provision of the Charter. Call Knox County and ask for a [...]
