THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS INSIDE TENNESSEE. GOOD SUNDAY MORNING AND WELCOME TO INSIDE TENNESSEE YOUR
MODERATOR JOHN BECKER.
>> OUR REGULARS ARE WITH US TO
BREAK DOWN THE ELECTION RESULTS
.
DON BOSCH IS A LEFT LEANING
LAWYER, RUNS A LAW FIRM SUSAN
RICHARDSON WILLIAMS REPUBLIC.
SHE RUNS HER OWN PR FIRM.
GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU WITH
.
AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN RIGHT NOW
WITH THE RESULT IN THE SENATE
PRIMARY.
AND LET'S START WITH A
REPUBLICAN RACE WHICH BILL
HAGERTY, FORMER AMBASSADOR TO
JAPAN AND RUN AWAY WITH THIS
ONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES ON
YOUR SCREEN.
FIFTY ONE TO THIRTY NINE
AGAINST DR. MANNY SAFTA.
>> SUSAN.
WE'LL START WITH YOU BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE NEW TALK ABOUT THIS
RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION
SEASON BECAUSE YOU WERE
ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR DR. SETHI
TO WIN.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
RESULTS?
>> WELL, I'M A LITTLE.
I THINK WE WERE ALL SURPRISED
WITH THE MARGIN.
IT'S HARD WHEN WHEN YOU'VE GOT
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, BOTH
YOUR STATE SENATORS, A COUPLE
OF CONGRESSMEN TRYING TO DEFEAT
EWW.
AND WE KNEW IT WAS AN UPHILL
BATTLE.
THIS IS DR. MANLEY IS A TRAUMA
SURGEON, HAD NEVER RUN FOR ANY
OFFICE, NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN
POLITICS.
BUT A CONSERVATIVE WHO REALLY
FELT LIKE HE COULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN WASHINGTON AND IT
TOOK A YEAR OF HIM DOING DNA
TRAVEL IN A BUS TO GO TO EVERY
COUNTY AT LEAST TWICE.
HE HAD VERY INTENSE PASSIONATE
SUPPORTERS BUT IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO BEAT THE PRESIDENT
OF UNITED STATES ENDORSE
CANDIDATE.
>> IT SHOWS US THAT TRUMP
MATTERS AND HIS ENDORSEMENT
MATTERS BIG TIME IN THE STATE
OF TENNESSEE, PERHAPS MORE SO
THAN MOST OTHER STATES YOU AND
I WE'RE TALKING OFF LINE ABOUT
THAT DON BOSH.
YOUR TAKE ON THAT RACE.
AND THEN I WANT YOU TO PICK UP
ON THE U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY WITH MARQUITA BRADSHAW
THE SURPRISE WINNER IN THAT
RACE TO MANY BUT BEGIN WITH THE
REPUBLICANS AND THEN SUSAN, I
WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT
DON AND THE DEMOCRATS.
>> SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED
THAT THE GAP THOUGHT THAT IT
WOULD BE CLOSER.
I KNOW SUSAN AND I HAVE BEEN
TALKING THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO
THIS AND IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE
BOTH HAD A TOUGH NIGHT LAST
NIGHT.
SUSAN, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE
HARDER MINE BUT I WAS SURPRISED
AT WHERE MANNY SAID HE DID WELL
BUT MORE SURPRISED WHERE HE
DIDN'T DO WELL.
YOU KNOW, HE REALLY GOT BEAT IN
THE RURAL AREAS, PARTICULARLY
RURAL WEST TENNESSEE.
HE DID WELL IN KNOXVILLETN DID
WELL IN THE METRO AREAS.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT THAT HEGGARTY, FOR
EXAMPLE, WOULD HAVE DONE WELL
IN NASHVILLE AND AND REALLY
MANNY OUTPERFORMED HIM THERE.
SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED HOW
THE BOOK SHOOK OUT.
BUT YOU KNOW, LOSING BY 12
POINTS IS A RUNAWAY AND I DON'T
THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR
AND SAY SHE REALIZED THERE WAS
A YOU KNOW, A DECENT
POSSIBILITY MANNY WAS NOT GOING
TO WIN THAT RACE.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SAW A
TWELVE POINT SPREAD.
THE DEMOCRATS ALL OF US THOUGHT
THAT THIS WAS REALLY JAMES
MACKLER RACE.
HE IS SO WELL THOUGHT AND WAS
SO WELL THOUGHT UP.
INTERESTING.
MARK WCIA.
AND WE'LL GET THAT RIGHT TO
BRADSHAW, AN ACTIVIST FOR
MEMPHIS TIES FAMILY TIES AS WE
UNDERSTAND IT TO JOHN DE FAMILY
A CONTROVERSY DEMOCRAT FROM
THAT AREA THAT OFTEN BUT IT
WILL REPUBLICANS AND WHILE HE
WAS IN STATE GOVERNMENT, IT'S
INTERESTING STATEMENT.
SHE DID WELL ALSO IN KNOXVILLE
.
I HAVE TO SAY I DID NOT SEE
MUCH ABOUT HER IN KNOXVILLE BUT
SHE SHE DID JUST AS WELL IF NOT
A LITTLE BETTER THAN MACKLER
DID IN KNOXVILLE.
AND SO THAT WITH THIS RACE TO
ME WAS EVEN MORE OF A SURPRISE
THAN SETHI LOSING TO HAGERTY.
>> SUSAN, YOUR TAKE ON THE
DEMOCRATS?
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST
THIS, DON, AND YOU WILL
PROBABLY SAY IT'S NOT BUT HER
NAME IS FIRST ON THE BALLOT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A RIGHT WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE NOT SPENT A LOT OF
MONEY, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GONE
OUT AND DONE RETAIL POLITICS.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM.
THEIR TENDENCY IS TO VOTE FOR
THE FIRST NAME ON THE BALLOT.
AND MARQUITA IS A BREAD JAR IS
A V.
SO SHE RAISED A THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND MACKLER RAISED TWO POINT
ONE MILLION SPENT A MILLION
FIVE IN THE RACE.
NOW THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
REALLY WARNKE ABOUT THAT.
AND I WAS SHOCKED ABOUT THAT
ALMOST LIKE I SAID ALMOST AS
SHOCKED AS I WAS WITH THE
MARGIN THAT WE HAD IN THE
SENATE PRIMARY TENNESSEANS.
I DON'T I I'M SHAKING MY HEAD
TODAY.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU I DON'T
THINK ANY OF US ANY OF US
WHO'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR A LONG
TIME COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE DEMOCRAT
PRIMARY AND THE MARGIN OF
VICTORY FOR BILL HARGARETY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
U.S. HOUSE RACES AND ANY THAT
STAND OUT WE'RE GOING TO KIND
OF LUMP THEM TOGETHER FOR
TIME'S SAKE IS ONLY A MINUTE
AND A HALF TO HEAR.
BUT THE WINNER ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE DISTRICT ONE
WAS DIANA HARSHBARGER.
SHE WON WITH 19 PERCENT OF THE
VOTE AND THEN YOU MOVE TO THE
DISTRICT ONE DEMOCRAT BLAIR
WASHINGTON AND THEN DISTRICT
TWO DEMOCRATS, WHICH IS RIGHT
HERE IN THE KNOXVILLE AREA.
RENE HOYOS ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE.
SHE RAN AND WON LAST TIME OF
COURSE REPRESENTATIVE BURCHETT
ON THE OTHER SIDE THE INCUMBENT
HE WON THAT IN DISTRICT FOUR
AGAIN THE INCUMBENT SCOTT DAYS
YOUR LEG THAT DEMOCRATIC SIDE
WINNER WAS CHRISTOPHER HALE
BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE STATE
RACES.
>> ANY OTHER TAKES ON THOSE
FEDERAL RACES?
WELL, REQUESTING THAT THE FIRST
DISTRICT WHEN YOU'VE GOT 16
CANDIDATES RUNNING ANYBODY CAN
GET 20 PERCENT IS GOING TO WIN
.
>> IT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO
AND A GUY NAMED DAVID DAVIS RAN
IN A MULTI PERSON PRIMARY.
HE GOT 20 PERCENT.
HE WON.
IT WAS A ONE TERM ONE TERM
CONGRESSMAN.
AND THEN EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER
.
PHIL ROE GOT ELECTED AND THAT
WAS THAT THAT HARSHBARGER SPENT
A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY ON
ADVERTISING AND THAT'S WHAT FOR
FAILED OR NATPOP NEVER RUN FOR
.
YEAH, JUST JUST TO ECHO A
LITTLE BIT OF WHAT SUSAN SAID
SHE STOLE MINFO I BET I FELT
HER EARLY BUT HERSHBERGER HAS
NOW SET THE PRICE FOR WHAT IT
COST TO WIN TWO YEARS IN
CONGRESS.
SHE GAVE HERSELF ONE POINT
THREE MILLION DOLLARS ON HER
CAMPAIGN.
HE RAISED ALL OF ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ON TOP OF THAT
SPENT MOST OF IT AND WON THE
RACE BY A POINT OR TWO.
AND SUSAN'S RIGHT 20 PERCENT.
IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME TO SEE
HER AS A ONE TERM CONGRESSWOMAN
IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GETS
TOGETHER TO TAKE HER OUT.
I'M NOT DISMISSING CLAIRE
WASHINGTON BUT I THINK WE ALL
RECOGNIZE THAT DISTRICT ONE IS
ABOUT THE REDDEST DISTRICT IN
THE COUNTRY AND WOULD BE WHITE
.
IT WOULD MAKE LAST NIGHT'S
ELECTIONS OR THIS WEEK'S
ELECTIONS LOOK EVEN LESS WONKY
IF FOR SOME REASON A DEMOCRAT
WON AND WON IN THE GENERAL.
>> WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK
WITH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE
STATE HOUSE