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  TN - District 08
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Tennessee > TN - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2010 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
Turnout 26.48% Total Population
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedRBH December 09, 2010 04:05am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Filing deadline speculative.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameJohn S. Tanner Votes180,366 (99.97%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin180,312 (+99.94%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameStephen Lee Fincher Votes190,923 (68.33%)
Term01/03/2013 - 01/03/2015 Margin111,433 (+39.88%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 05, 2010 TN - District 08 - D Primary
Roy Herron
D 40,097
Aug 05, 2010 TN - District 08 - R Primary
Stephen Lee Fincher
R 72,238
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
12/01/2009 11/02/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Stephen Lee Fincher 12 10 7 --
Roy Herron 2 3 ----
Leaning Call: Stephen Lee Fincher (86.89%)
Weighted Call: Stephen Lee Fincher (99.45%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

08/10/2010 10/19/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name Stephen Lee Fincher St. Sen. Roy Herron Donn Janes Mark Rawles (W) James L. Hart  
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Independent Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 98,759 (58.99%) 64,960 (38.80%) 2,440 (1.46%) 1,237 (0.74%) 9 (0.01%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -33,799 (-20.19%) -96,319 (-57.54%) -97,522 (-58.26%) -98,750 (-58.99%)  
Predict Avg.51.00% 43.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 10/13 $326,567.12 10/13 $426,588.19 $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2009 12/01/2009 00/00/2009 00/00/2010 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (3 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg48.62%-- 34.24%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Tarrance Group (R) 
10/18/10-10/19/10		 50.00% 3.0 35.00% 2.0 0.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (D) 
10/02/10-10/07/10		 47.00% -- 37.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Tarrance Group (R) 
08/10/10-08/11/10		 47.00% -- 37.00% -- 5.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  US Chamber of Commerce
  National Rifle Association (NRA)
  Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle
  Memphis Commercial Appeal
  Tennessean (Nashville)
LBT Jed
 


EVENTS
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VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS
Start Date Candidate Category Ad Tone Lng Title Run Time Contributor
07/28/2010 Roy Herron Web Only Ad Biography eng The Truck  00:02:03 Jason 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 12, 2010 06:30pm Blog Entry Dem candidate: DCCC canceled ads because I won't support Pelosi  Article Eddie 
Jan 11, 2010 05:00am News [TN] 8th District candidate Janes drops out of GOP  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 01, 2009 07:00pm News Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) to Retire  Article J.R. 

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