Knox County Democrats http://knoxdemocrats.org For A Blue Tennessee Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 SAVE THE DATE for TRUMAN DAY! http://knoxdemocrats.org/2012/04/24/save-the-date-for-truman-day/ http://knoxdemocrats.org/2012/04/24/save-the-date-for-truman-day/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:57:59 +0000 gloriajohnson http://knox.tndcca.org/?p=1217 Plan to join us for our Truman Day Celebration on August 10th, 2012. It’s a great way to rally the troops just after the primary as we head into the November general election. We will have many special guests, including our candidates from Knox as well as surrounding counties. More information will follow as details are worked out. We just want to give you a chance to save the date and let you know you can get tickets online at actblue.com/page/trumanday for just $60 per ticket and $600 for a reserved table. See you there!

]]> http://knoxdemocrats.org/2012/04/24/save-the-date-for-truman-day/feed/ 0 First Friday Candidate Rally with Park Overall! http://knoxdemocrats.org/2012/04/03/east-tennessee-candidate-rally/ http://knoxdemocrats.org/2012/04/03/east-tennessee-candidate-rally/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:31:00 +0000 gloriajohnson http://knox.tndcca.org/?p=1205 KCDP to Rally with Area Democratic Candidates and Supporters including US Senatorial Candidate Park Overall

Knoxville, TN—Democrats will rally with candidates and supporters from Knox, Loudon, Anderson, Union and Jefferson counties as we kick off the campaigns of State and Federal candidates. The event is in conjunction with KCDP’s monthly First Friday Open House.

Republicans have declared war on working families, women, seniors, and college students and we plan to fight back against the GOP overreach in Tennessee.

WHO:       State House Candidates Joe Armstrong (SH 15), Jim Hackworth (SH33), Mike Dockery (SH 17), Shelley Breeding (SH 89), Jerome Miller (SH 14),  Gloria Johnson (SH 13), Anthony Hancock (SH 18), Drew Bennett (SH 21),  Jack McNew (SH32), State Senate candidate  Evelyn Gill (SS 6), candidate for US House District 2 Troy Goodale and U.S. House District 3 Mary Headrick and Candidate for U.S. Senate Park Overall.

WHAT:     Rally with East Tennessee Candidates

WHEN:     April 6th, 2012 from 6:30-9:00

WHERE:   KCDP Headquarters 311 Morgan Street Knoxville, Tennessee

]]> http://knoxdemocrats.org/2012/04/03/east-tennessee-candidate-rally/feed/ 0 Your 2012 DNC Delegation http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/03/3574/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/03/3574/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:32:58 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3574 Actress Ashley Judd will be part of Tennessee’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention this fall. Tennessee Democrats finalized the members of its delegation Saturday at a meeting of the state party’s Executive Committee.

Tennessee will send 91 Delegates and seven Alternates to the nominating convention to confirm President Barack Obama’s candidacy on the Democratic [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/03/3574/feed/ 0 Your 2012 DNC Delegation http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/03/3574/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/03/3574/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:32:58 +0000 TNDP http://knoxdemocrats.org/?p=936 Actress Ashley Judd will be part of Tennessee’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention this fall. Tennessee Democrats finalized the members of its delegation Saturday at a meeting of the state party’s Executive Committee.

Tennessee will send 91 Delegates and seven Alternates to the nominating convention to confirm President Barack Obama’s candidacy on the Democratic [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/03/3574/feed/ 0 Jackson Day 2012: Fired Up and Ready to Go http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/02/jackson-day-2012-fired-up-and-ready-to-go/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/02/jackson-day-2012-fired-up-and-ready-to-go/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:22:24 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3568 Tennessee Democrats kicked off the 2012 campaign season by celebrating Jackson Day on the Bicentennial Mall in Nashville this past weekend.  Our big tent party went into the night as 700 folks from across the state celebrated our past and looked forward to the future.

We honored Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh with the Gov. Ned [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/02/jackson-day-2012-fired-up-and-ready-to-go/feed/ 0 Chairman Forrester on the Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/23/chairman-forrester-on-the-anniversary-of-the-affordable-care-act/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/23/chairman-forrester-on-the-anniversary-of-the-affordable-care-act/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:00:13 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3511 Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester today released the following statement on the two year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act – which to date has helped millions of middle class families, seniors, and young people receive quality affordable health care:

“Two years ago with the stroke of a pen, [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/23/chairman-forrester-on-the-anniversary-of-the-affordable-care-act/feed/ 0 Election Botched: Former Congressman Lincoln Davis Denied the Right to Vote and Fighting Back http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/09/election-botched-former-congressman-lincoln-davis-denied-the-right-to-vote/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/09/election-botched-former-congressman-lincoln-davis-denied-the-right-to-vote/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:38:14 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3410

The state election office made a historic mess of Tennessee’s Presidential Primary — with mistakes that robbed a former U.S. Congressman and his wife of their right to vote and denied voters access to the polls.

Secretary of State Tre Hargett and State Election Coordinator Mark Goins are in charge of the government office [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/09/election-botched-former-congressman-lincoln-davis-denied-the-right-to-vote/feed/ 0 The End of an Era: Speaker Naifeh Set to Retire http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/08/the-end-of-an-era-speaker-naifeh-set-to-retire/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/08/the-end-of-an-era-speaker-naifeh-set-to-retire/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:06:16 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3406 NASHVILLE – Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh announced today on the House floor that he will not seek re-election to his district 81 seat this fall. Naifeh has served in the House of Representatives for 38-years, 18 of which he spent as Speaker of the House.

“Governor McWherter always told me when it was time to [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/08/the-end-of-an-era-speaker-naifeh-set-to-retire/feed/ 0 TNDP Chair Chip Forrester’s Statement on Results of Tennessee’s Presidential Primary http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/06/tndp-chair-chip-forresters-statement-on-results-of-tennessees-presidential-primary/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/06/tndp-chair-chip-forresters-statement-on-results-of-tennessees-presidential-primary/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:29:22 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3400 NASHVILLE — Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester released the following statement tonight on the results of the GOP Primary in Tennessee:

“Mitt Romney’s loss tonight shows that he is out-of-touch with Tennesseans and it raises serious concerns about his chances in November — if he can make it to the general election. Not [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/06/tndp-chair-chip-forresters-statement-on-results-of-tennessees-presidential-primary/feed/ 0 Tennessee Veterans Oppose Governor’s Move to Take Away Veterans’ Rights http://tndp.org/blog/2012/02/24/tennessee-veterans-oppose-governors-move-to-take-away-veterans-rights/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/02/24/tennessee-veterans-oppose-governors-move-to-take-away-veterans-rights/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:08:21 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3386 Halsam’s “TEAM” Act Would Eliminate Veterans’ Preference for State Workers

Governor Bill Haslam’s stealthy effort to eliminate veterans’ preference for state hires looks poised to hit a very public stumbling block — Tennessee veterans.

Haslam’s TEAM Act would eliminate civil service rules, such as veterans’ preference, that protect taxpayers from political patronage, a corrupted [...]]]> http://tndp.org/blog/2012/02/24/tennessee-veterans-oppose-governors-move-to-take-away-veterans-rights/feed/ 0