Ever Vote Against Someone You Like So They Wouldn't Leave Their Current Job?

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Originally Posted by LauraC

Not voting for Bredesen even though as Governor he criticized Obamacare and it made the National news. It doesn't matter what he did bipartisan-wise. When he gets to DC, they'll pressure him to vote the Democrat party line. Marsha Blackburn should win Corker's seat in the Senate but I do admit Bredesen was liked as a governor.

Yes, I expect Blackburn will win since strongly red (or blue) states typically don't elect senators from the other party these days. It takes exceptional circumstances for that rule to be broken (e.g. Moore's loss in AL). State level elections like governor are less inherently partisan than federal elections most of the time.

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Originally Posted by LauraC

I apologize for creating so much confusion. I really thought Diane Black, if she lost, could still run for her Rep seat. I was thinking of Rand Paul running for President and the Senate in 2016, I think.

And I'm still confused as to when early voting for the primaries is in my county. I'm going to be out of state for two weeks and wanted to make sure I early voted no matter what races they are.

Different states have different rules on if you can run for more than one seat, Kentucky actually changed their rule to allow Paul to run. With that said, President is generally the only time that could happen due to the different Primary schedule.