Elections
The latest Elections coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Politics section.
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US Rep. Andy Ogles defeats GOP primary foe in Nashville-area seat and moves on to November matchup
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles has defeated a well-funded Republican primary challenger to advance to a November matchup for a second term representing part of left-leaning Nashville and several conservative counties in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District.
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Fall matchup set between ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat Johnson and GOP US Sen. Blackburn
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a top Republican ally of former President Donald Trump, will square off this fall in Tennessee against Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson, whose progressive profile rose nationally when her GOP colleagues tried to boot her from office over a gun control protest on the chamber floor.
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Hamilton County Aug. 1 election results
Here are the live results from the Hamilton County primary and general elections on Aug. 1.
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Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory
Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
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Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect
Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump's false assertions about her race were the "same old show" as she emphasized the need for Black women to organize for his defeat this November.
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Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ hopes to survive state Democratic primary for Senate seat
Tennessee’s primary election Thursday will decide whether state Rep. Gloria Johnson, who shot to national fame after surviving a Republican-led expulsion effort for her participation in a gun control protest, will become the Democratic nominee in a fall matchup for the seat held by Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who must first clear her own primary contest.
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Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race
Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared Wednesday before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago in an interview that quickly turned hostile.
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Poll: About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out
Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some key Democratic constituencies that had been especially tepid about President Joe Biden, a new poll shows.
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Project 2025 shakes up leadership after criticism from Democrats and Trump, but says work goes on
The director of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government stepped down Tuesday after blowback from Donald Trump's campaign, which has tried to disavow the program created by many of the former president's allies and former aides.
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At boisterous Georgia rally, Harris dares Trump to ‘say it to my face’ and show up for their debate
Vice President Kamala Harris told a cheering, boisterous, packed Atlanta arena on Tuesday that the next 98 days would be a fight, but they'd win come November, as she taunted Donald Trump for wavering on whether he'd show up for their upcoming debate.
