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Question: Since the VRA of 1965, who is the best Senator to come from Tennessee?
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Albert Gore (1953-1971)		  
#2
Ross Bass (1964-1967)		  
#3
Howard Baker (1967-1985)		  
#4
Bill Brock (1971-1977)		  
#5
Jim Sasser (1977-1995)		  
#6
Al Gore (1985-1993)		  
#7
Harlan Mathews (1993-1994)		  
#8
Fred Thompson (1994-2003)		  
#9
Bill Frist (1995-2007)		  
#10
Lamar Alexander (2003-Present)		  
#11
Bob Corker (2007-Present)		  
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Total Voters: 41

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Mr. Smith
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« on: June 10, 2015, 11:43:14 AM »
And onto Tennessee.
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« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2015, 11:44:36 AM »
Al Gore
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2015, 11:45:00 AM »
Baker, obvi.
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2015, 11:48:30 AM »
Alexander has been good.
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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2015, 11:52:09 AM »
Gore Jr, tempting as a vote for Bass the Civil Rights fighter or Jim Sasser would have been.
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2015, 12:31:56 PM »
Howard Baker was truly one of the good guys.


AL: Denton, R-AL
AK: Sullivan, R-AK
AR: Cotton, R-AR
AZ: Goldwater, R-AZ
CA: Hayakawa, R-CA
CO: Armstrong, R-CO
CT: Lieberman, D-CT/I-CT
DE: Roth, R-DE
FL: Rubio, R-FL
GA: Isakson, R-GA
HI: Fong, R-HI
ID: Symms, R-ID
IN: E. Bayh, D-IN
IL: Dirksen, R-IL
IA: Grassley, R-IA
KS: Roberts, R-KS
KY: McConnell, R-KY
LA: Landrieu, D-LA
ME: M. C. Smith, R-ME
MD: Cardin, D-MD
MA: Tsongas, D-MA
MI: Levin, D-MI
MN: Boschwitz, R-MN
MS: Lott, R-MS
MO: Bond, R-MO
MT: Daines, R-MT
NE: Sasse, R-NE
NV: Hecht, R-NV
NJ: Menendez, D-NJ
NH: Gregg, R-NH
NM: Dominenci, R-NM
NY: Five Way Tie between Moynihan, D'Amato, Buckley, Schumer, and Kennedy, but voted Moynihan in the Poll
NC: Burr, R-NC
ND: Hoeven, R-ND
OH: Portman, R-OH
OK: Coburn, R-OK
PA: Toomey, R-PA
OR: G. Smith, R-OR
RI: Pell, D-RI
SC: Scott, R-SC
SD: Thune, R-SD
TN: Baker, R-TN
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« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2015, 01:01:52 PM »
Al Gore Sr.
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« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2015, 03:51:46 PM »
« Edited: June 11, 2015, 01:18:30 PM by vivaportugalhabs »
Alabama: Howell Heflin
Alaska: Mike Gravel
Arizona: Dennis Deconcini
Arkansas: J William Fulbright  
California: Barbara Boxer
Colorado: Gary Hart
Connecticut: Chris Murphy
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Bob Graham
Georgia: Sam Nunn
Hawaii: Daniel Inouye
Idaho: Frank Church
Illinois: Paul Simon tied with Barack Obama
Indiana: Vance Hartke
Iowa: Tom Harkin
Kansas: Nancy Kassebaum tied with Bob Dole
Kentucky: John Sherman Cooper
Louisiana: Russell Long
Maine: Olympia Snowe
Maryland: Barbara Mikulski
Massachusetts: Ted Kennedy
Michigan: Carl Levin
Minnesota: Paul Wellstone
Mississippi: Thad Cochran
Missouri: Stuart Symington
Montana: Mike Mansfield
Nebraska: Bob Kerrey
Nevada: Harry Reid
New Hampshire: Thomas J. McIntyre
New Jersey: Clifford Case
New Mexico: Tom Udall
New York: Robert Kennedy but Jacob Javits is great too
North Carolina: John Edwards (Not as a person though)
North Dakota: Bryon Dorgan
Ohio: Sherrod Brown
Oklahoma: Fred Harris
Oregon: Wayne Morse
Pennsylvania: Arlen Specter but Bob Casey is just barely behind him
Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee
South Carolina: Fritz Hollings
South Dakota: George McGovern
Tennessee: Al Gore
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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2015, 04:01:09 PM »
Baker.
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« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2015, 04:51:06 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2015, 06:45:57 PM »
Baker, followed by Thompson, Frist, and Alexander.
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« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2015, 08:22:41 PM »
Surprised to see no love for Frist...
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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2015, 08:55:24 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2015, 11:37:11 PM »

- he was maj leader when the GOP lost the senate, also, he pretty much retired because he saw the direction the winds were blowing (possible reason republicans might dislike him)
- his history w/ animal abuse (possible reason democrats might dislike him)

I'm neutral on him. Nothing special, tbh.
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