Both Republican and Democratic party leaders in Tennessee are focusing this election on the state Senate, which currently is split 16-16 with one independent member. The key to their focus is on rural districts, which again is where the GOP and Democrats share a common strategy in Tennessee. There are a few seats to pay special attention to in this state, although the Tennessean reports that their is often little correlation between what people vote at the top of the ballot and what they vote at the bottom. However, I think being a presidential election year there will be an influence on the ballots Tennessean's cast this November.
A couple of lections to keep an eye on in the state of Tennessee:
1. Dolores Gresham (R) and Randy Camp (D) will fight for the seat vacated by former Senate Speaker John Wilder.
2. Becky Ruppe (D) and Ken Yager (R) taking the place of Democrat Tommy Kilby who stepped down this past session.
3. Republican race against Senator Mike Williams (I) who was formerly a Republican.
All of these elections are taking place in rural districts, which as previously mentioned is a "hot spot" for both parties to be getting out the vote. Kim Sasser Hayden, the Democratic executive director, told The Tennessean that she did not believe the GOP was having the same grassroots efforts as the Democrats.
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