Bob Corker, not so much. It is still his first term. The option was John Ford, Jr. (D). Hopefully Corker will be one and done.
Lamar!
First time around he replaced Algore. So, yes he was an improvement then.
Second time around was the first time R's took control of the State House. No one ran against Lamar! in the primary. Our energy was focused on the State House and Senate.
Now we control the House and Senate. While we still have a few old rhino’s there we can now turn our focus to the U.S. house and senate.
N.B.: Lamar! is from his campaign graphics. I do not include the exclamation point in a nice way.
Au Contraire. Corker was elected Senator in 2006 and re-elected in 2012. I voted for Zach Poskevich in the '12 primary.
Corker just got his second term in 2012. Last election I voted for Clayton-D who was running far right of Corker as a Conservative.
The only time I voted for Alexander was for governor and I never voted for Corker. Alexander replaced Thompson or rather Alexander announced his intentions for Thompson's seat hours before Thompson stated he was not running. Harlan Matthews I'm fairly certain replaced Gore and was appointed by then governor Ned Ray McWherter -D. Fred Thompson took Harlan Mathews place.
Bob Corker took Bill Frist place and took office in Jan. 2007