ELEMENTARY CIVICS Part Seven: Election Year We've talked about Tennessee, about the governor, and about the legislature. But we haven't talked about how we choose all these state leaders. On November 7, 2006, Tennessee's voters elected: * The Governor * One of our two U.S. Senators * All nine U.S. House of Representative seats * All 99 State House of Representative seats * 17 of the 33 state senate seats Statewide, these were the big results: * Governor Phil Bredesen was re-elected by a large margin. * In a very close election, former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker was elected to be one of Tennessee's U.S. Senators, along with Lamar Alexander. * Eight of the nine U.S. Representatives in Tennessee ran for re-election, and all were re-elected. * Most of the state representatives and senators running for re-election were retained. Click here for a quiz on what you've learned in the elementary civics section.