Wilson County Gubernatorial Straw Poll

11 Responses to “Wilson County Gubernatorial Straw Poll”

1. Sean Braisted writes
   April 20th, 2009 11:05 am

   2006 déjà vu

2. Jason W. writes
   April 20th, 2009 11:18 am

   Shouldn’t Ramsey have won this given his exposure in Middle Tennessee?

3. Sean Braisted writes
   April 20th, 2009 11:27 am

   If by that you assume that Wilson County gets more coverage of the legislature than other areas, I suppose so.

4. Ben writes
   April 20th, 2009 11:42 am

   Reminds me of all those straw polls Senator Bryant won 3 years ago

5. JR writes
   April 20th, 2009 12:25 pm

   Jason and Sean:

   I was covering the straw poll and going in, I figured that the Lt. Gov. would win pretty easily, because of the “exposure” factor and that the Lt. Gov. spent a lot of time in the county helping Sen. Beavers against Rochelle in 2006. So I’d call Rep. Wamp’s victory a mild upset. Although he had more staff at the event than did the other candidates, and if they voted in the straw poll (I don’t know if they did or not), it certainly would have made at least a four vote difference.

6. Tom writes
   April 20th, 2009 2:31 pm

   Gibbons is such a joke

7. benintn writes
   April 20th, 2009 3:28 pm

   John Rich and his guitar both voted for Wamp.

8. Scooter McRae writes
   April 20th, 2009 3:50 pm

   I get your point, Sean. I wonder, though, if Tennessee Republicans have moved further to the right since 2006.

9. Steve writes
   April 20th, 2009 4:02 pm

   Is Bill Gibbons still running?

10. Donna Locke writes
    April 20th, 2009 11:08 pm

    Immigration control. Wamp has the record. Wilson County knows.

11. RM writes
    April 21st, 2009 1:00 am

    Bill Gibbons manages to do quite well with Democratic crossover vote every time he’s up for re-election. In 2004, he managed 70% of the vote in a county where John Kerry pulled 70% himself. It’s heavily Democratic, and he finds a way to win over and over.

    With Steve Cohen’s re-election all but guaranteed, unless the Dem primary ends up hotly contested, you could see a lot of Democrats crossing over to vote for Gibbons. If that happens, it changes the face of this thing.

    Once he’s won the most populous city in the state (And make no mistake, he will), then what’s the percentage he’s got to pull in other counties to make this a race? If he pulls even 60% of the vote in Shelby County, he can blow off Wilson County and six others of the same size.

    The best thing any of the other Republican contenders can do is hope that the Dem primary stays close enough to keep Shelby County voters from crossing over. Because once they do, it’s a new ball game.

    Not saying Gibbons WILL win. Just saying it’s a mistake to write him off.