After rallying voters against House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) last week, on Monday, the Gun Owners of America (GOA) endorsed Joe Carr, a Tennessee state representative who is challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the August 7th GOP primary.
Law enforcement officials warned incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and others before they voted for the Senate’s amnesty bill in 2013 that doing so would embolden more illegal immigrant youths to flood across the border and create a massive humanitarian
After Dave Brat’s stunning upset over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) last week, Joe Carr, a Tennessee state representative who is challenging moderate Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in an August 7th primary, is seeing signs of momentum. Seven
Dave Brat’s shocking victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) last week has inspired conservative underdogs like Joe Carr, a Tennessee state Representative who is challenging establishment Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in an August 7th primary, to win their primaries against all
As expected, the Common Core standards have become a significant electoral issue – one that is separating Washington establishment politicians from grassroots conservative candidates. While Dave Brat’s (R-VA) stunning victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) was largely focused
One day before Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s historic primary loss, the Wall Street Journal reported: “Immigration’s Primary Effect Muted.” One day after, the newspaper is reporting nothing like the shocking upset will happen again. “Those senators have been preparing for months
Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), predicted that Alexander will go the way of House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor in an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Wednesday. Carr stated,
Titans of the Washington GOP establishment are bracing for more potential defeats after grassroots-fueled conservative economics professor Dave Brat crushed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by double digits on Tuesday. The top two GOP establishment icons grassroots conservatives are targeting
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is well ahead of his Republican primary challenger but polling under 50 percent a few months ahead of his August primary, a new poll provided exclusively to Breitbart News shows. Alexander leads Tea Party-backed state Rep.
The conclusion of a recent GOP McLaughlin poll, funded by a grantee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was that there is only “anecdotal evidence” that the Common Core standards are a “red-hot” electoral issue. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN),
“Hi, I’m Dr. George Flinn,” he says on the video, in a Superman costume. “It makes it fun for you,” Flinn, a millionaire radio mogul who became wealthy through a radiology practice, explains, “You say, ‘what is he going to
On his Monday radio program, conservative talker Mark Levin railed against the so-called establishment Republican presidential hopefuls that convened upon Las Vegas over the weekend for the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in order to woo top donors, including casino mogul
Under increasing pressure because of his support for the Common Core standards, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said Saturday, “Let’s don’t talk about Common Core.” “Let’s talk about standards,” Alexander continued. “Education is not just a problem in West Tennessee. It’s
Just one day after U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) appeared with Common Core champions former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) at an education roundtable event, Alexander sent out an email to voters with a
Avid Common Core supporter and former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) met in Nashville Wednesday with U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN), for a roundtable discussion that was sponsored by the pro-Common Core Tennessee Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) will appear with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN) Wednesday at an education roundtable discussion sponsored by pro-Common Core Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Tennessee Business Roundtable.
Senator Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) Republican primary opponent Joe Carr has seized on one good way to differentiate between himself and Alexander–by holding gun giveaways. Carr just held a contest “in which a Beretta 921a will be given away.” Forty-five thousand
Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr (R) would like to see the Common Core Learning Standards repealed entirely in his state, but he was happy that on Thursday state lawmakers voted to delay the standards for two years. Carr, who is
Unbeknownst to those closest to him, top Senate staffer Jesse Ryan Loskarn was a troubled young man who was sexually abused as a child. This all came to light after he was arrested for possession of child porn. He eventually
A former aide to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander hanged himself in his parents’ basement in Maryland as he awaited trial on child pornography charges, officials said Friday. Ryan Loskarn, 35, was pronounced dead in Sykesville, Md., just after noon Thursday,
Historic subsidies propping up US wind energy ended on January 1 and Congress refused to renew them, despite supporters arguing that the aid has made renewable power cheaper than coal. The United States has subsidized wind-sourced electricity since 1992 to
On Tuesday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, comedian Bill Maher reacted to the current controversy surrounding Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), especially to the claim that Christie may or may not be a “bully.”
A spokesman for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) told Breitbart News on Thursday that a report suggesting he voted in the Democratic primaries in 2012 in Tennessee is inaccurate. “This is complete nonsense,” Alexander’s spokesman, Jim Jeffries, said in an email.
House Republicans are planning legislation next week to get some closeted information from the Obama Administration regarding Obamacare. The legislation, called the Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H.R. 3362, would require the Obama administration to release weekly reports stating how many
It’s pretty sad when Congress has to pass bills just to make “the most transparent administration in history” more transparent about the president’s signature legislative achievement – but that’s where we’re at. The administration apears to be playing politics with
By TRAVIS LOLLERAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has replaced his chief of staff after learning the staffer’s home was being searched as part of a child pornography investigation.Alexander, R-Tenn., said in a statement Wednesday that it’ll be up to
State Representative Joe Carr, Senator Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) Tea Party backed challenger in the 2014 Tennessee Republican Senate primary, blasted Alexander today for his refusal to stand with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and defund Obamacare. “Senator Lamar Alexander has refused
Written by and posted with permission from Brigadier General John E. Michel, USAF – Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; Commander, 438 Air Expeditionary Wing “September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in
Monday afternoon, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander announced his opposition to President Obama’s proposed military strike on Syria. Alexander’s opposition is important, as his Senate colleague, Sen. Bob Corker, helped author the resolution approving military action. Alexander had also recently come
America is on the cusp of engaging in yet another military action in the Middle East and many senior elected officials are silent on the issue. On Monday, Tennessee senior Senator Lamar Alexander drew strong criticism from his primary opponent,
Fox News Contributor and Sirius/XM Radio Patriot Network talk show host David Webb will moderate this Saturday’s BEAT LAMAR Forum in Nashville, according to event organizers. Webb told Ralph Bristol, host of Nashville’s top conservative talk radio program on his
Facing an active campaign by grass-roots activists to defeat him in next year’s primary, Sen. Lamar Alexander penned a letter to the state’s largest newspaper defending his pragmatic, “problem solving” approach to governing. The letter in The Tennessean defends his record
Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he is running against Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the state’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate over Alexander’s vote for the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. In a
Judson Phillips, who organized the April 15, 2009 Nashville Tea Party and is the founder of Tea Party Nation, announced today that his group is endorsing Joe Carr in the 2014 Tennessee Republican primary election against incumbent Senator Lamar Alexander
State Representative Joe Carr announced on Ralph Bristol’s Nashville talk radio program on Tuesday that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. Carr will compete against incumbent Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the party’s
On Breitbart News Sunday, a caller named Scott from Tennessee suggested that former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) should primary vulnerable incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Speaking to host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Sirius XM Patriot
On Monday Ralph Bristol, host of Nashville, Tennessee’s top rated conservative morning radio talk show, broke the news that a “major announcement” that will alter the political landscape in the state will be made on his program tomorrow morning, Tuesday,
Scott from Tennessee called in to Sirius Radio’s Breitbart News Sunday program last night and confirmed the findings of a Triton Poll exclusively released by Breitbart that shows incumbent Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) trails a “generic conservative” by 5 points,
A new poll of Republican voters in Tennessee shows Sen. Lamar Alexander trailing a generic “conservative” challenger by 5 points. The poll, obtained exclusively by Breitbart News, shows a “credible conservative candidate” leading Alexander 49.5-44.9%. While a serious opponent hasn’t
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) reportedly procured an earmark in the Fiscal Year 2009 Interior Appropriations bill for a museum that would use taxpayer resources to travel around the state with an exhibit on Alexander’s political career. “Senator Alexander inserted a