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« on: January 02, 2013, 02:10:48 PM »
It was already something of a forgone conclusion that DesJsarlais would go down in the Republican primary, but State Sen. Jim Tracy announced that he is taking the plunge in 2014.

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In 2010, Tracy, from Rutherford County, lost a closely-fractured 3-way primary to now-Rep. Diane Black in CD6. This was the main reason that Black pushed for Rutherford County to be removed from CD6 in redistricting.

Tracy was initially expected to run in the primary against DesJarlais in 2010, but he never pulled the trigger.
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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2013, 02:14:38 PM »
I bet DesJarlais doesn't run for reelection.
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 12:48:17 AM »
Quote from: Tmthforu94 on January 02, 2013, 02:14:38 PM
I bet DesJarlais doesn't run for reelection.

Unfortunately for the Democrats, you're probably right.
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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2013, 11:19:43 AM »
State Rep. Joe Carr (R), also from Rutherford County, is also entering the race. The more candidates here, the better it is for DesJarlais.
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2013, 04:32:34 PM »
What county is DesJarlais from?
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2013, 05:34:40 PM »
DesJarlais isn't very entrenched at all and has become very unpopular. Once you reach a certain point, which I think desJarlais has reached, even split fields don't matter -- back in 2010 in Michigan, Hansen Clarke primaried Rep. Kilpatrick even with a split field, and I think somebody, probably Sen. Tracy who seems to be the strongest anti-desJarlais force out there, will do something similar here.
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2013, 08:27:05 PM »
Why did he manage to survive in 2012?
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 08:29:06 PM »

Originally? Meade County, South Dakota. Now Marion County, TN.
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2013, 11:12:54 PM »
Dang, looks like DesJarlais intends to stick around.

Issa, Lucas and Kline are hosting a fundraiser for him.
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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2013, 08:31:39 AM »
« Edited: May 03, 2013, 08:38:10 AM by MilesC56 »
Carr is officially in.

If the field gets much bigger than this, its gonna start to look like a clown car (no pun intended) and DesJarlais might actually slip through.
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« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2013, 07:36:54 AM »
DesJarlais is officially running again.

He already has two strong challengers, and since there are no runoffs in TN, he would theoretically only need 34% to win.
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2013, 02:02:42 PM »
I wouldn't mind if we can just get this guy out of here so we don't have to worry about this becoming a possible democratic pickup (if it ever gets that bad).
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« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2013, 04:22:44 PM »
Carr changed races and is now running in the Senate primary against Lamar Alexander.

This is bad news for DesJarlais, as his primary, at least for now, is a two-man race.
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« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2013, 04:27:48 PM »
Miles, do you think Democrats have any real chance of beating DesJarlais if, by God, he wins the primary?
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« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2013, 04:28:55 PM »
Quote from: Scott on August 20, 2013, 04:27:48 PM
Miles, do you think Democrats have any real chance of beating DesJarlais if, by God, he wins the primary?

No
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« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2013, 04:37:29 PM »
Eric Stewart was about as solid a recruit Democrats could get here and he only got 44%.

Stewart would probably have to carry Rutherford County (though he got like 46-47% there in 2012, IIRC) and it would still be very hard for him to win with Obama as President.
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« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 PM »
Rutherford County is gone for the Democrats. Too many downscale white Nashville suburbanites moving in.
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« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2013, 02:33:20 PM »
Quote from: MilesC56 on August 20, 2013, 04:22:44 PM
Carr changed races and is now running in the Senate primary against Lamar Alexander.

This is bad news for DesJarlais, as his primary, at least for now, is a two-man race.

I knew I had heard the name from somewhere, before.

Bad news for Alexander as well. He won't get the clear field he was hopping for now and if he gets shaky and Carr turns out to be a potential train wreck, thne it might convince someone in the delegation to change their minds.

But most certainly it likely puts DesJarlais out of Congress, without the vote split.
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« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2013, 07:02:58 PM »
Anything that gets this scumbag out.
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« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2013, 12:40:33 PM »
The Concerned Women PAC is endorsing Jim Tracy instead of abortion advocate principled conservative Scott DesJarlais.
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« Reply #20 on: September 28, 2013, 11:16:30 PM »
A local interview with DesJarlais.
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« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2014, 12:13:04 AM »
Wow, its been a while since we checked up on this race.

Tracy just put out a lengthy list of endorsements. The most prominent names are from the TN legislative R leadership and several statewide officials.

DesJarlais is touting a thumbs-up letter he got from Rand Paul over his 'principled' Nay vote on the budget deal:
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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2014, 07:23:37 AM »
Well, if there was any chance of DesJarlais holding on, its basically gone now; he was massively outraised last quarter. He pulled only $18K while Tracy got $150K.

He's also at more than a 5:1 CoH disadvantage.
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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2014, 11:52:53 PM »
Quote from: MilesC56 on February 03, 2014, 07:23:37 AM
Well, if there was any chance of DesJarlais holding on, its basically gone now; he was massively outraised last quarter. He pulled only $18K while Tracy got $150K.

He's also at more than a 5:1 CoH disadvantage.

Why is he continuing to pretend he has a shot? I can't imagine his thought process.
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« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2014, 08:59:49 AM »
Tracy is one of a quartet of candidates that GOPAC has endorsed; the PAC is for Republican state legislators running for Congress. Others:

Comstock (VA-10)
Garcia (NH-02)
Rogers (IA-01)
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