U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais defeated Democratic challenger Victoria Broderick in the race for Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District, resecuring the office he has held since 2011.
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Late afternoon on Nov. 5, students and staff gathered in the Student Union Building at MTSU for the 2024 Electoral Vote Watch Party. Red, white and blue balloons and streamers covered the tables that filled the atrium. Students and faculty chatted and laughed as they ate pizza, chips and salsa provided by MT Dining.
Noah McLane, Lead news reporter
• November 5, 2024
Marsha Blackburn held onto her U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Gloria Johnson and extending Tennessee's 18-year red run in the Senate for another six years.
Central Magnet School held MTSU American Democracy Project’s Party at the Polls event today providing space for voters, food trucks and various activities.
Voters took to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots for candidates in local, state and national elections.
Tennessee races include U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and Tennessee State...
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, and polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you encounter any issues at the polls on Election Day, contact Sidelines to report the issue.
Noah McLane, Lead news reporter
• November 3, 2024
Tuesday is Election Day, and Rutherford County has three state House District (HD) seats up for grabs: HD13, HD37 and HD49. The current district maps were challenged in court, with the plaintiffs citing racial gerrymandering, but a 2019 Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for judges to block the suits.
On a hot Sunday morning, 44 days before the November election, Tennessee State House candidate Luis Mata gathered with volunteers and staff at a local park. Again.
Mata and his team are strikingly young. Young volunteers, young staff, young candidate. What they lack in age, they compensate for with determination.
Registered voters began to cast votes in Rutherford County on Oct. 16, when early voting began.
Sidelines will track turnout in the county over the course of the early voting period, ending on Oct. 31. We will be looking at the percentage of registered voters that have cast their ballots in the county as a whole as well as comparing turnout between precincts.
One of the most competitive local races in the 2024 election for Tennessee is District 49’s Tennessee State House of Representatives race with candidates Mike Sparks and Luis Mata.
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Marim Abbas, Contributing writer
• October 14, 2024
As Tennessee gears up for the 2024 U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn faces off against Democratic Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson. With Tennessee being predominantly Republican, the different campaigning strategies of Blackburn and Johnson offer insights into how candidates approach Tennessee’s political landscape.
