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November 16, 2009
Contact: Tony Marks
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Herron Goes Three-for-Three in Straw Poll Wins
Chattanooga – Sen. Roy Herron (D-Dresden) has gone three-for-three in Democratic straw polls in the race for Governor, with the latest win coming tonight at the annual Kefauver Dinner hosted by the Hamilton County Democratic Party in Chattanooga.
Sen. Herron received 152 of the 310 votes cast -- 49% -- in the five-candidate contest. On Saturday, he won the straw poll in Sullivan County with 57%. He also won the first straw poll in Rutherford County also by a large margin.
“I’m very thankful to the people of Hamilton County for their votes and their confidence,” Sen. Herron said. “We’re going to keep on working all across the state to earn people’s trust and support.”
Full results of the straw poll are below:
1. Sen. Roy Herron – 152
2. Sen. Jim Kyle – 79
3. Kim McMillan – 30
4. Mike McWherter – 25
5. Ward Cammack – 24
Sen. Herron represents nine counties in West and Middle Tennessee. For over 22 years, he has demonstrated strength in being elected in rural areas, and now he has demonstrated his appeal to urban voters by winning straw polls in three major metropolitan areas: Murfreesboro, Tri-Cities, and Chattanooga. By winning now in Middle Tennessee, Northeast Tennessee, and Southeast Tennessee, he is proving strong support in all three of Tennessee’s grand divisions.
At the dinner, the candidates were asked to share their ideas on restoring Tennessee’s dragging economy and creating new jobs. Sen. Herron said his top three priorities would be “jobs, jobs, and jobs,” and that improving education is the best way to prepare students and Tennessee’s workers to compete for 21st Century jobs.
Roy Herron was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1986. He has served in the state legislature for 22 years, including 12 years in the Senate, where he was Democratic Floor Leader and Democratic Caucus Chair. A small-town attorney, businessman, and former minister, Herron has also written three books, including God and Politics. For fun, Herron runs marathons, and he has completed three 140.6-mile Ironman triathlons. He lives in Dresden with his wife of 22 years, Nancy. Soon his third son will join his father and brothers as an Eagle Scout, the seventh in their family. For more information, visit RoyHerron.com.
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