What Was WTF? What Was Their Results? Is the TNDP on Life Support?

This fall there was an organization WTF (Women for Tennessee’s Future) all Democrat women challenging Republicans. Republican men and Republican ladies. So it was not about putting women in legislative seats. It was about putting democrat women in legislative seats. They refused to endorse Knox County House District 89 candidate Heather Hensley. Hensley challenged Republican State Rep. Roger Kane. Apparently, the organization is only holding on to Gloria Johnson in House District 13 as she has not conceded her loss and is hanging to Knoxville Attorney David Eldridge pant leg for mercy.

Here are the results of the others,

TN House

District 7 Nancy Fishman unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Matthew Hill. Hill garnered 14,360 votes or 67.76% to WTF candidates 6,833

District 11 Marjorie Ramsey (no website) unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Jeremy Faison. Faison garnered 15,356 votes or 77.85% to WTF candidates 4,370 or 22.15%.

District 13 Gloria Johnson apparently unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Eddie Smith. Smith garnered 11,160 votes or 50.35% to WTF candidates 11,006 or 49.65%.

District 18, Brandi Price unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Martin Daniel. Daniel garnered 15,568 votes or 59.18% to WTF candidates 10,740 or 40.82%.

District 21 Pamela Weston unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Jimmy Matlock. Matlock garnered 21,060 votes or 76.81% to WTF candidates 5,441 or 19.85% to an Independent candidate 916 or 3.34%.

District 34 Laura Bohling unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Tim Rudd. Rudd garnered 19,937 votes or 66.70% to WTF candidates 9.919 or 33.22%.

District 37 Becky Goff unsuccessfully challenged Republican Lady State Rep. Dawn White. White garnered 14,270 votes or 60.47% while to WTF candidates 9,622 or 39.53%.

District 40 Gayla Hendrix unsuccessfully challenged Republican Lady Terri Lynn Weaver. Weaver garnered 20,352 votes or 73.23% to WTF candidates 7,438 or 26.77%.

District 46 Amelia Morrison Hipps unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Mark Pody. Pody garnered 19,752 votes or 75.03% to WTF candidates 6,575 or 24.97%.

District 57 Trisha Farmer unsuccessfully challenged Republican Lady State Rep. Susan M. Lynn. Lynn garnered 24,380 votes or 69.22% to WTF candidates 10,384 or 30.78%.

District 62 Sharon Kay Edwards unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Pat Marsh. Marsh garnered 15,920 votes or 76.80% to WTF candidates 4,809 or 23.20%.

District 63 Courtenay Rogers unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Glen Casada. Canada garnered 28,371 votes or 71.85% to WTF candidates 11,115 or 28.15%.

District 65 Holly McCall unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Sam Whitson. Whitman garnered 21,629 votes or 70.75% to WTF candidates 8,940 or 29.25%.

District 76 Angela Callis unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Andy Holt. Holt garnered 13,025 or 63.35% to WTF candidates 4,322 to an independent candidates 3,212 or 15.62%.

District 81 Deborah Reed unsuccessfully challenged Republican Lady State Rep. Debra Moody. Moody garnered 15,521 votes or 76.25% to WTF candidates 4,835 or 23.75%.

District 92 Tamra King unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Rep. Thomas R. Tillis. Tillis garnered 16,445 votes or 74.32% to WTF candidates 5,683 or 25.86%.

TN Senate

District 10 Khristy Wilkinson unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Senator Todd Gardenhire. Gardenhire garnered  39,277 votes or 55.87% to WTF candidates 31,019 or 44.13%.

District 14 Gayle Jordan unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Senator Jim Tracy. Tracy garnered 52,996 votes or 74.41% to WTF candidates 18,222 or 25.59%.

District 20 Erin Coleman unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Senator Steve Dickerson. Dickerson garnered 52,895 votes or 56.27% to WTF candidates 41,110 or 43.73%.

The Republican party is inclusive of ladies, gentlemen, african-american, white, straight, gay. As a party we have never targeted political races based on gender, not even challenging democrat women with a Republican lady.

TN Democrat Chair Mary Mancini has shown herself to be divisive and her use of gender bias didn’t work. She either must change her ways or the state party will be in the casket, being lowered into the grave like Cameron Brooks is doing to the Knox County Democrat Party.