More than four decades ago, Lamar Alexander won a ticket to the governor's mansion after he walked more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) around Tennessee in a plaid shirt and hiking boots.

Two rural Tennessee county mayors have enacted first-time mask mandates ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, citing rising COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a stalwart supporter of President Donald Trump, on Friday referred to Democrat Joe Biden as the country's "president-elect," a comment her staff later said was a mistake.

A disparity in voter turnout between Republican and Democratic precincts in Hamilton County helped fight off an influx of Democratic voters in the 2020 presidential election, keeping the county red.

Counties in Northwest Georgia found few, if any, differences in the outcome during an unprecedented hand audit of the presidential election results, comparing them to the election night count.

The city of Chattanooga is looking to boost diversity in its use of contracted vendors after a study showed just 10.78% of business awarded over four years went to minority- and women-owned companies.

In the past year, Chattanooga has been hit with a pandemic, tornadoes and the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression nearly a century ago.

As the results came trickling in on election night, there were no surprises with how well Donald Trump fared in Northwest Georgia. The reliably Republican sector of the state carried Trump with an average of 79% of the vote.

WASHINGTON — Reps.-elect Cori Bush, a progressive Democrat wearing a Breonna Taylor face mask, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon-backing Republican whose entourage sported "Make America Great Again" gear, arrived at freshman orientation in Washington within minutes of each other Thursday, offering vastly different visions for their parties and for a new Congress.

As coronavirus cases surge in the community at rates that nearly lead the state of Georgia, commissioners in Whitfield County have once again balked at the idea of mandating masks and even shot down a resolution that would have simply recommended that people wear masks in public.

Chattanooga kicked off the 2022 budget season this week, gathering citizen input to set priorities for a tight budget restricted by COVID-19.

Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Mary Mancini announced Saturday she won't seek another term as the head of the party after she wraps up her sixth year in January.

A number of Republican leaders in Tennessee and Georgia are lining up behind President Donald Trump on his so-far unsupported claims of fraud and "illegal votes" marring results in key states of his 2020 presidential contest with Democrat Joe Biden.

Northwest Georgia's new congresswoman-elect has found herself front and center in the political battle involving Big Tech, as Twitter began repeatedly labeling her posts on the social media site as potentially misleading.

Chattanoogans voted to approve two charter amendments Tuesday, reinforcing the city's police advisory board and allowing county, state and federal government employees to run for elected office in the city.

If there's one thing Chattanooga area voters agree on, it's that they're ready to move past a divisive and exhausting political season and feel united.

While for many the choice for president is cut and dried, some Chattanooga area residents have found themselves wavering or unsure of what to do as Nov. 3 nears in an increasingly polarizing election season.

In the Chattanooga region, individual donations to the re-election effort of President Donald Trump are running nearly triple those given to Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

The following is one in a series of survey responses provided to the Times Free Press by candidates for public office in advance of the Nov. 3 general election.

The following is one in a series of survey responses provided to the Times Free Press by candidates for public office in advance of the Nov. 3 general election.

Just over half of Tennessee's 4.4 million registered voters have cast ballots ahead of the state's Nov. 3 presidential election as the coronavirus has pushed residents to polling sites during the 14-day early voting period as well as to mailboxes with their absentee-by-mail ballots.

A final debate between Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff has been canceled after Perdue dropped out, saying he would attend a campaign rally with President Donald Trump instead.

President Donald Trump has plans to hold a rally in Rome, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon as he and his campaign make several stops to swing states before Tuesday's election.