Forrest is far better than the people of TN routinely elect now.
Both houses at state level are now GOP majority. Generally the further east you go in Tennessee the more Conservative. US Congress we have a few GOP wishy washy GOP like Fleischmann who seems to basically follow Corker's lead. But we do have John Jimmy Duncan Jr a solid Conservative Congressman on just about everything. I wish he would step up for the next Senate race.
US Senate wise? I'm 57 and we have as of yet to send a Conservative Senator to DC in my lifetime. That list of non Conservatives would including Frist, Fred {Don't name names} Thompson, Howard Baker, Alexander, Corker, and others in the GOP as well. If it weren't for former governor Pardon Me Ray Blanton, Alexander may not have even been elected as governor. Compared to Blanton he looked better.