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Tennessee District 5 Primary: Watch Our Conversations with Candidates Andy Ogles and Charlie Hatcher
TriStar Daily publisher Steve Gill interviewed Congressman Andy Ogles, as well as Ogles’ GOP Primary opponent, Charlie Hatcher. Watch each interview below.
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This covers the statewide State & Federal Primary (including the open gubernatorial race, U.S. Senate, and congressional races under new maps) plus county general...
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As TriStar Daily reported about a week ago, endorsements have been flying throughout the Tennessee GOP primary like chickens fleeing Colonel Sanders! Some endorsements...
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What I am interested in is describing, as accurately as I can, the structural trajectory of American political power over the next decade, because...
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Legal challenges have been raised, considered, and rejected by the courts, clearing a path for Tennessee’s new congressional map to stay in effect.
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Speaker Cameron Sexton removed House Democrats from all standing committees after they acted in violation of House rules in the midst of last week’s...
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Just one day after former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry ended her campaign for Congress, another Democrat heads to the sidelines. Democrat Memphis Congressman Steve...
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BARRY BOWS OUT. Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, who resigned in disgrace following revelations of financial and sexual improprieties and pleaded to a felony (later...
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A federal judge on Thursday denied a motion by several Tennessee Democrats for a temporary restraining order and injunction in their lawsuit over the...
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State Representative Justin Pearson has kicked off his campaign for Congress in the newly mapped 9th District that runs from Memphis to Brentwood and...
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A long list of Democrats, Republicans and Independents are giving indications that they plan to run for Congress in the newly drawn 9th Congressional...
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Conservative Republican Tennessee State Representative Todd Warner has officially announced his campaign for the United States Congress in Tennessee’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District. Warner...
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NINTH MOVES FROM +23 D TO PLUS +10R. Some national political commentators, and a few Republican activists in Tennessee, are claiming that the new...
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Fox 17 Nashville’s weekly show, ‘Nashville in Focus’ included TriStar Daily Publisher Steve Gill on its latest panel of government and political analysts. This...
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Senator Marsha Blackburn has not seen any decline in her consistent lead in polls measuring support in the GOP primary for Governor over the...
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Pending resolution of the court challenges that have been filed from the Left (which are likely to be determined quickly) new congressional district maps...
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John Rose is launching his much-awaited ad campaign for Tennessee governor with a statewide media push. The new ad is Rose’s first in a...
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The ink wasn’t even dry on the congressional redistricting map, including the newly drawn more GOP friendly 9th District, before Memphis State Senator Brent...
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WHAT’S CHANGING AND WHAT ISN’T. The only lines changing as a result of the special session are those involving Tennessee’s congressional districts. So, yes,...
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There are some Republicans, including conservative versions, who are questioning the GOP redistricting effort in Tennessee (and elsewhere) in the wake of the Supreme...
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The ink on the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, declaring race-based political districts to be unconstitutional, wasn’t even dry before Senator Marsha...
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TriStar Daily publisher Steve Gill stressed the importance of voter turnout for local elections this week.
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Senator Marsha Blackburn and Congressman John Rose enter a crucial phase of the Republican Party primary for Tennessee Governor. Watch TriStar Daily Publisher Steve...
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Aftyn Behn, a left-winger in the Tennessee State House, took to social media to accuse Sen. Marsha Blackburn of “declaring war” on black voters....
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America’s 2 largest teachers unions have long claimed to champion educators and protect public schools. But two April 2026 reports tell a different story—one...
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A relatively quiet race to succeed Governor Bill Lee is about to ignite over the next three months, heading to the August 6 GOP...
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In a hugely consequential ruling on the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that drawing congressional districts based on race...
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TriStar Daily publisher Steve Gill provides an update on Tennessee’s voucher funding numbers, including the bad math of Democrat State Rep. Gloria Johnson.
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SUNS OUT, GUNS OUT. Criminals thinking about committing home burglary or property theft in Tennessee should think carefully about the whether the stuff they...