Tennessee

Congressional Races:
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Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 5,175,000 (up 6.1% from 1990), 2% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 3,913,000; 1994 turnout, 38%

Median age: 33.6

Median household income: $28,639 ($3,625 below U.S. median)

Unemployment: 5% (0.6% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 47%

Bush (R): 42%

Perot (I): 10%

Congressional delegation: Four Democrats, seven Republicans

Tennessee was one of the plum prizes of the Republican revolution--in 1994 the Volunteer State, with a Democratic tradition dating back to Reconstruction, elected two Republican Senators and shifted its House delegation from 6-to-3 Democratic to 5-to-4 Republican. Two retirees, Jamie Quillen (R) and Harold Ford (D) will probably not affect the balance this year. But Democrats are hoping tradition will reassert itself--especially in the Vice President's state--and allow them to take the state of the Grand Ole Opry away from the Grand Old Party. [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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