Tenn. Rep. Gordon won't seek re-election next year
AP - Mon Dec 14, 1:21 pm ETRep. Bart Gordon, a 13-term congressman from Tennessee, announced Monday he will not seek re-election next year, the latest Democrat in a string of retirements.
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Rep. Bart Gordon, a 13-term congressman from Tennessee, announced Monday he will not seek re-election next year, the latest Democrat in a string of retirements.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Bart Gordon 's surprise retirement announcement Monday sent a political shockwave that started in Middle Tennessee but will be felt across the state and throughout the country.Gordon, 60, D-Murfreesboro, the senior member of Tennessee's delegation in the House , said he would not seek re-election when he finishes his 13th two-year term at the end of next year.He said his ...
U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon's surprise announcement Monday to leave office in 2010 means the 60-year-old Murfreesboro Democrat is ready to write a new chapter in his life, Tennessee Chief of Staff Kent Syler said.
The recent rash of announcements that prominent Tennessee Democrats are retiring from Congress or ending their campaigns are the fruits of the labor of countless Tennesseans committed to the causes of less government, lower taxes, more freedom and a strong America.
Veteran Tennessee Rep. Bart Gordon on Monday became the fourth centrist Democrat in three weeks to announce his retirement, leaving his party with another tough-to-defend seat in next year's elections.
The Memphis City Council today is scheduled to approve Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s appointment of outgoing Tennessee corrections commissioner Geor....
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Bart Gordon, a 13-term congressman from Tennessee, announced Monday he will not seek re-election next year, the latest Democrat....
Veteran Tennessee Rep. Bart Gordon on Monday became the fourth centrist Democrat in three weeks to announce his retirement.
The Memphis City Council is set to vote on school funding today, revisiting a thorny issue that inspired a lawsuit by Memphis City Schools and an appeal by the city.In mid-October, a three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals heard the city's appeal of a February ruling by Chancellor Kenny Armstrong, who ordered the city to restore $57.4 million it cut last year from the city schools ...
Rep. Bart Gordon's surprise retirement announcement set off a scramble on both sides of the aisle and changed the dynamic in Tennessee's 6th district so much that CQ Politics now rates the race Leans Republican.
Rep. Bart Gordon’s (D-Tenn.) retirement announcement Monday could turn the slow trickle of Democratic retirements into a steady drip. Read more...