Running on empty: Tennessee Democrats pinning high hopes on uninspired campaigns

By: Bruce Barry

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: October 8, 2026

Words: 789

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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October means rounding the clubhouse turn on eagerly anticipated midterm elections. Sadly, even in a big-change-brewing year, the “eagerly” part of that sentence gets little traction in Tennessee, where the dense red fog of GOP political domination seemingly never lifts, keeping the election night suspense meter pinned near zero.

But perhaps this year is different, given accumulating political chatter about a blue wave washing ashore in otherwise unreachable red states. …

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