Adam Friedman

A group of companies, families and corporate associations have spent more than $1 million each since 2009 to lobby the Tennessee Legislature.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn rolled to her second term on Tuesday, defeating state House Rep. Gloria Johnson by a double-digit margin. 

More than 200,000 Tennesseans cast ballots on the first day of early voting for the second consecutive presidential election.  Wednesday’s totals surpass 2016 but not 2020. The Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office reported that 216,446 people voted in person or by absentee ballot on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the first day of in-person voting in the […]

Democrat Luis Mata, who is taking on incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Sparks in Rutherford County, says voters are tired of culture wars in politics.

Americans for Prosperity and the American Federation for Children were top spenders on lobbying in the 2024 Tennessee legislative session.

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles acknowledged a previously undisclosed six-figure loan almost 10 months after news reports revealed it.

Jim Sasser, a three-term representative from Tennessee to the U.S. Senate and former chair of the state Democratic Party, died Tuesday at 87.

The Tennessee Republican Party's State Executive Committee denied outgoing Oak Ridge Rep. John Ragan's challenge of his August primary loss.

A federal court upheld Tennessee's congressional maps but an expert on Black voting says gerrymandering is racist and politically beneficial.

The Tennessee Republican Party’s state executive committee did not hear Oak Ridge Rep. John Ragan’s request to challenge his August primary loss to former Clinton police chief Rick Scarbrough on Monday. The party was set to meet virtually to hear the challenge, but Ragan opposed a video call and questioned the validity of any decision […]