Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who introduced a new school choice bill, said he supports President-elect Donald Trump's promise to disband the U.S. Department of Education.
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Tennessee State University is underfunded and its financial situation means its losing staff and resources. Project 2025 will only make things worse.
Tennessee’s Republican legislative supermajority will remain unchanged after Democrats failed to flip seats in a handful of competitive races
Former President Trump has won the 2024 presidential contest in Tennessee, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Trump won the Volunteer State in 2016 by 27 points and in 2020 by just
ABC News is projecting that former President Donald Trump will win Tennessee. As the winner, Trump would take the state's 11 electoral votes. Tennessee has not selected a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton in 1996. Trump won the state by over 20 percentage points in 2020.
The trend of electing Republican candidates continues in the U.S. House and Senate. In 2022, all but one Tennessee U.S. House district was filled by a Republican candidate. The exception is U.S. House District 9, located in Memphis, which has had a Democratic representative since at least 1986.
Evangelicals were the bedrock of Trump’s return to the White House, with some 80% of evangelical voters supporting him. For some Tennessee pastors, that was mostly about the economy — and they hope Trump will lead to lower gas and food prices,
Memphis voters want to change weapons laws and other local issues but the Tennessee legislature, and potentially legal precedent, stands in the way.
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles is seeking reelection to Congress from Tennessee while facing an FBI investigation into his campaign finances
On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to impose a tariff on all goods between 10-20%. He vowed to tax imports from Mexico, the U.S.'s No. 1 trading partner, by at least 25% if the country doesn't help mitigate immigration to the U.S., USA TODAY reported. Also, he has suggested a 60% tariff on Chinese goods.