08/02/2002 Archived Entry: "TN Contest Results, Next Primary contests"

We had 8 entrants making election forecasts for the 7 TN primary contests. Here are the standings:

Democratic Gov: Bredesen 79%
All 8 pundits chose Bredesen correctly, top three:
1. myDD-- 80%
2. MississippiDem-- 73%
3. TOM-- 72%

Republican Gov: Hilleary 64% Henry 30%
All 8 pundits chose Hilleary correctly, top 3:
1. TOM-- 63%
2. jim-- 62%
3. myDD-- 55%

Republican US Senate: Alexander 54% Bryant 43%
1. myDD-- Alexander 54% Bryant 42%
2. GaDem-- Alexander 54%
3. jim-- Alexander 58% Bryant 42%

4th Democratic: Davis 57%
4 chose Davis: Michael; C.D.; myDD; MississippiDem

4th Republican: Bowling 37%
2 chose Bowling: Michael; myDD

5th Democratic: Cooper 47%
4 chose Cooper: C.D.; myDD; MississippiDem

7th Republican: Blackburn 41%
3 chose Blackburn: Michael; C.D.; myDD

Overall Record:
myDD-- 7-0
Michael-- 6-1
MississippiDem-- 4-1
C.D.-- 5-2
CA Pol Junkie-- 3-0
jim-- 3-0
GaDem-- 3-0
TOM-- 2-1

Republicans may be battling their way into a right-wing corner is a good summation of the primaries. In the rankings, Alexander is wounded, but still favored to win; Bredesen is favored to beat Hilleary, and Davis has a lean over Bowling in the 4th:

Davis, who has twice lost congressional primaries, told dozens of supporters at a Crossville hotel that he was confident of reclaiming the seat that Democrats lost for the first time in 1994. "We outpolled the Republicans better than 2-to-1," Davis said. "Come November, we will outpoll them in the general election better than that." Davis said "no Republican is going to out gun me, out pray me or out family me in this race."

Next up will be the primary contests on August 6th: Kansas & Michigan, we'll see who can knock myDD off the top of the hill.

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If Tennessee was a little bit up north, GOP would be looking at a precipice too!

Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/03/2002 01:28 PM PST