STATE & FEDERAL GENERAL ELECTION and BARTLETT, COLLIERVILLE, GERMANTOWN & MEMPHIS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (11/7/2006)

Governor

Phil Bredesen (Democratic Nominee)

Jim Bryson (Republican Nominee)

George Banks (Independent Candidate)

David Gatchell (Independent Candidate)

Marivuana Stout Leinoff (Independent Candidate)

Charles E. Smith (Independent Candidate)

Howard M. Switzer (Independent Candidate)

Carl “Twofeathers” Whitaker (Independent Candidate)

Constitution Amendment #1

Shall Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee be amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated section:

SECTION 3.  The historical institution and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman shall be the only legally recognized marital contract in this state.  Any policy or law or judicial interpretation, purporting to define marriage as anything other than the historical institution and legal contract between one man and one woman, is contrary to the public policy of this state and shall be void and unenforceable in Tennessee.  If another state or foreign jurisdiction issues a license for persons to marry and if such marriage is prohibited in this state by the provisions of this section, then the marriage shall be void and unenforceable in this state.

Constitution Amendment #2

Shall Article II, Section 28, of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee be amended by inserting the following language after the fourth paragraph:

By general law, the legislature may authorize the following program of tax relief:

(a) The legislative body of any county or municipality may provide by resolution or ordinance that:

(1) Any taxpayer who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who owns residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence shall pay taxes on such property in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax on such property imposed at the time the ordinance or resolution is adopted;

(2) Any taxpayer who reaches the age of sixty-five (65) after the time the ordinance or resolution is adopted, who owns residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence, shall thereafter pay taxes on such property in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax on such property imposed in the tax year in which such taxpayer reaches age sixty-five (65); and

(3) Any taxpayer who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older, who purchases residential property as the taxpayers principal place of residence after the taxpayer’s sixty-fifth birthday, shall pay taxes in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax imposed on such property in the tax year in which the property is purchased.

United States Senate Candidates

Harold Ford, Jr. (Democratic Nominee)

Bob Corker (Republican Nominee)

Ed Choate (Independent Candidate)

David Gatchell (Independent Candidate)

Emory “Bo” Howard (Independent Candidate)

Gary Keplinger (Independent Candidate

hristopher Joseph Lugo (Independent Candidate)

United States House of Representatives District 7 Candidates

Bill Morrison (Democratic Nominee)

Marsha Blackburn (Republican Nominee)

Kathleen A. Culver (Independent Candidate)

Gayl G. Pratt (Independent Candidate)

John L. Rimer (Independent Candidate)

William J. Smith (Independent Candidate)

James B. “Mickey” White (Independent Candidate)

United States House of Representatives District 8 Candidates

John Tanner (Democratic Nominee)

John Farmer (Republican Nominee)

United States House of Representatives District 9 Candidates

Steve Cohen (Democratic Nominee)

Mark White (Republican Nominee)

Jake Ford (Independent Candidate)

       
Tennessee Senate District 29 Candidates

Ophelia E. Ford (Democratic Nominee)

Terry Allen Roland (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee Senate District 31 Candidates

Ivon L. Faulkner (Democratic Nominee)

Paul Stanley (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee Senate District 33 Candidate

Reginald Tate (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 83 Candidate

Brian Kelsey (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 84 Candidate

Joe Towns, Jr. (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 85 Candidate

 Larry Turner (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 86 Candidates

Barbara Cooper (Democratic Nominee)

George T. Edwards, III (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 87 Candidate

Gary L. Rowe (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 88 Candidate

 Larry J. Miller (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 89 Candidate

Beverly Robison Marrero (Democratic Nominee)

John Farmer (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 Candidate

John J. DeBerry, Jr. (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 91 Candidate

Lois M. DeBerry (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 92 Candidate

Henri E. Brooks (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 93 Candidate

Mike Kernell (Democratic Nominee)

Tim Cook (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 Candidate

Curry Todd (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 96 Candidate

 Steve McManus (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 Candidate

Jim Coley (Republican Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 98 Candidate

 Ulysses Jones, Jr. (Democratic Nominee)

Tennessee House of Representatives District 99 Candidate

Eric P. Jones (Democratic Candidate)

Ron Lollar (Republican Nominee)

Bartlett Mayor

A. Keith McDonald

Bartlett Alderman Position 1

Mike Morris

W. C. “Bubba” Pleasant

Bartlett Alderman Position 2
Emily Elliott

Bartlett Alderman Position 3

Burton B. Bridges

David Parsons

Collierville Alderman Position 1

Maureen J. Fraser

Collierville Alderman Position 2

Stan Joyner

Collierville Alderman Position 4

Tom Allen

Justin G. Mitchell

Germantown Mayor

Sharon Goldsworthy

Germantown Alderman Position 1

Carole Hinely

Germantown Alderman Position 2

John Drinnon

Memphis Board of Education At-Large, Position 2

David Page

Juanita Clark Stevenson

Ed Vaughn

Kenneth T. Whalum, Jr.

Memphis Board of Education District 2

Deni C. Hirsh

Betty Mallott

Arnold Weiner

Memphis Board of Education District 4

Martavius D. Jones

Memphis Board of Education District 6

Darrick D. Harris

Carl Johnson

Sharon A. Webb