© 2026 South Carolina Public Radio
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
SC Public Radio's statewide network is experiencing intermittent outages and programming issues due to ongoing infrastructure upgrades. Our team is working to keep these disruptions to a minimum and to resolve issues that do arise. During broadcast outages, streaming on this site, the SCETV App, the NPR App, and smart speakers will remain unaffected.

Senate Tracker: A Populist Democrat In Tennessee Threatens Incumbent

NPR
Published October 7, 2014 at 1:40 PM EDT
Gordon Ball (L) is challenging incumbent Lamar Alexander (R, no hat) in Tennessee. (Gordon Ball/Facebook; Lamar Alexander/Facebook)
Gordon Ball (L) is challenging incumbent Lamar Alexander (R, no hat) in Tennessee. (Gordon Ball/Facebook; Lamar Alexander/Facebook)

In this week’s Senate Tracker, we turn to Tennessee, where Republican incumbent Lamar Alexander faces lawyer and Democrat Gordon Ball.

Bobby Allyn of WPLN, Nashville Public Radio, joins Here & Now’s Sacha Pfeiffer to discuss the race.

Guest

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.