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HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Ed Bryant called on supporters in the pro-life, home-school and other conservative groups to help turn out a large vote for him in Thursday's Republican primary, warning that GOP control of Congress is at stake. "Go out and go the extra mile for this campaign and make sure we finish in first place. We're going to win. Carry the message out there that we literally could lose control of the United States Senate if we don't win in Tennessee. "And we won't win in Tennessee -- we'll lose this race to Congressman Ford, the Democrat -- if...

In Tennessee's U.S. Senate campaign, a new Chattanooga Times Free Press poll shows Bob Corker (R) leading in the Republican primary with 39%, trailed by Ed Bryant (R) at 23% and Van Hilleary (R) at 22%. In the general election, Corker leads Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN), 49% to 36%.

Three leading national illegal immigration reform activists today endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant, a former federal prosecutor and four-term Congressman, in the Republican primary. Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, Craig Nelsen, executive director of Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement, and Andy Ramirez, chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol all gave personal endorsements to Bryant. In a letter to Bryant, Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA said, "The U.S. Senate would be a much more responsive institution on matters of immigration simply from the one addition of you to its membership. I believe that you would not just vote...

The campaign for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, already marked by accusations and countercharges, has been ratcheted up again. Ed Bryant over the weekend substituted his TV ad titled "Statesman" with a new one - called "How Can We Trust Bob Corker?" - that sharply criticizes the former Chattanooga mayor for changing his position on abortion. Corker said as an unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidate in 1994 that he opposed abortion but felt it was not a government concern. He has said he changed his mind several years ago and is now anti-abortion. But Bryant, a former federal prosecutor...

Ed Bryant and Bob Corker may be his Republican U.S. Senate primary rivals, but Van Hilleary's ads and comments make it sound like the race is between Hilleary and Hillary_Hillary Clinton, that is.

Bob Corker working against pro-life legislation that would have prohibited state funds from being used for abortions "While state finance commissioner, Mr. Corker did not support the addition of an anti-abortion budget amendment, [Tennessee Right to Life president Brian] Harris said. ...'It came at the 11th hour, right before the budget was to be passed,' [Corker political director Todd] Womack said. 'At that point, it was not appropriate to add any amendments to the budget.'" (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 6/22/06) Bob Corker ... The Fake Conservative You Just Can't Trust

Bob Corker's major opponents in the Republican U.S. Senate primary are questioning whether the wealthy businessman is trying to hide something by refusing to release details of his federal income tax returns.

Despite Bob Corker's multi-million dollar ad blitz, a new Wall Street Journal/Zogby poll released today confirms that U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant is the strongest candidate to defeat Harold Ford Jr. in November to fill Sen. Bill Frist's seat. Bryant leads Ford 45.7% to 41.4%, while Ford is poised to defeat Corker and Van Hilleary. "Yesterday, Bob Corker launched a hypocritical and deceitful attack against my campaign because he knows I am the strongest Republican to beat Harold Ford Jr. in November, and this new poll confirms it," stated Bryant, a former federal prosecutor and four-term Congressman. "My campaign has...

NASHVILLE - He may be a gray-haired grandfather, college professor, longtime lawyer and occasional lobbyist, but such things are not part of Edward Glenn Bryant's self-description when he steps to a platform under a city park picnic shelter on a recent sweltering Saturday. "I am your charismatic rock-star candidate," he declares, raising both hands briefly above his head and grinning, perhaps a bit sheepishly. "I am your answer to Harold Ford." It is a rare moment of levity for Bryant, 57, making his second campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate. He is at roughly the midpoint of a...

On the quest to conquer the Hill, Tennessee GOP Senate candidate Ed Bryant made a campaign detour in Arizona to help a controversial anti-immigration group repair fences along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bryant worked alongside the Minuteman Project Civil Defense Corps on Thursday, repairing a cattle rancher's fences and keeping an eye out for border crossings. "(The problem) with illegal immigration is not our Mexican border. It's in Washington, D.C.," he said. Bryant's swing through the Southwest was part of an effort to underscore his stance on immigration reform. In recent months, all three Republican candidates for Tennessee's Senate seat have...

Poll gives Bob Corker 38%, Van Hilleary 28%, and Ed Bryant 23%.

While his two opponents have an edge in either fund raising or name recognition, U.S. Senate hopeful Ed Bryant hopes social and economic conservatives will help him win August’s Republican primary. Social conservative groups like the Tennessee Right to Life and Concerned Women for America, and fiscally conservative GOP leaders like U.S. Senators Trent Lott (R-MS) and Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) have endorsed Bryant’s candidacy, which became official Tuesday when he filed to run.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant on Thursday called on former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker "to explain his reported lack of action in responding to then-city councilman Ron Littlefield’s reports of 'lavish spending' and fraud by Chattanooga city employees while Corker was mayor." The Bryant campaign cited reports that while on the City Council, current Mayor Ron Littlefield warned Mayor Bob Corker of “lavish spending” and fraud in city government.

Former Republican congressman Ed Bryant touted his conservative credentials today when he stopped at McGhee-Tyson Airport during a campaign swing to formally announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Bryant said he would work to stop illegal immigration, ban same-sex marriage and balance the federal budget. Knoxville was one of eight cities on Bryant’s swing through the state. Speaking to some two dozen supporters in a meeting room at the TAC Air terminal, Bryant said only a conservative can win a statewide race against likely Democratic opponent U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Memphis. "I believe I am that person,"...

Replacing Bill Frist By Dustin HawkinsJan 27, 2006 With Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist not seeking re-election in 2006 due to a term-limit promise and a possible White House run, the Democratic Party is placing all hopes of snagging Tennessee’s open seat on the shoulders of U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. But Republicans, who have held both U.S. Senate seats since 1994, have other plans for this red-leaning state that has voted for George W. Bush twice. Ford hopes to be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in the state since Al Gore, a drought that has lasted 16...

U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant said Friday he opposes one of President Bush’s key proposals on immigration policy. “My criticism of the president is that, in effect, [he’s proposing] an amnesty, [which will] cause more people to come in illegally” to the U.S. in anticipation of getting American citizenship quickly and legally. “It punishes people waiting in line” to become American citizens through current established procedures, Bryant said. The president has proposed letting workers from abroad, as well as some illegal immigrants already in this country, legally take jobs in the United States as temporary workers. Critics have said such...

“The sanctity of life is a fundamental part of our traditional values, and in the U.S. Senate, I will continue to take a stand for the protection of innocent life at all stages.”

Latest poll shows conservative ex-Congressman Ed Bryant leading Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. by a 41% to 38% margin and conservative ex-Congressman Van Hilleary leading Ford by a 41% to 39% margin, but shows Ford leading RINO Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker by a 42% to 36% margin.

Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Files for Frist's Senate Seat NewsMax.com Wires Thursday, May 26, 2005 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. filed the federal paperwork Wednesday to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist. The five-term congressman from Memphis is the second Democrat to enter the 2006 race. Frist has said he does not plan to seek a third term. "I'm excited. I'm ready to go," Ford said in telephone interview from Washington. He said his top issues will be energy reform, national security and education. Ford, 35, is a member of...

Ed Bryant spoke to a crowd of about 70 Saturday afternoon in Cowan, TN. Cowan is in southern middle Tennessee in Franklin County. The meeting was a gathering of southern middle Tennessee Republicans who have recently formed a new men's Republican club in the area. Before the meeting I was priviliged to help interview former congressman Bryant for our local polical talk show, Roundtable Review. Roundtable Review can be seen on public access channel 40 on Franklin County cable each weekday evening at 5:30. A good portion of our discussion was the problem of controlling the judiciary. Bryant stated that...