Candidates

Results

The incumbent, Phil Roe (R), retained his seat, defeating the Democratic challenger, Alan Woodruff, with 76 percent of votes cast to Woodruff’s 20 percent. Woodruff had raised less than one-twentieth of the money that Roe has reported. This will be Roe’s third term.

Winner:

Phil Roe (Republican)

Dr. Phil Roe is completing his second term in Congress, where he serves as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, and also serves on the Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health.

Roe is from Clarksville, TN. He graduated from Austin Peay State University in 1967, earning a degree in biology with a minor in chemistry. He completed his medical degree at the University of Tennessee in 1970. Roe served two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps after graduation.

Website: www.roe.house.gov

Social Media

Facebook: Dr-Phil-Roe

Twitter: @DrPhilRoe. 642 tweets, 4,543 followers.

Finances

Challengers:

Alan P. Woodruff (Democrat)

Dr. Alan Woodruff has worked as a chemical engineer, a management consultant, a financial consultant and a tax and constitutional lawyer. He is also the author or co-author of more than 100 books, articles and published study reports on economics, public finance, taxation, employment training and employee benefits.

Woodruff has Bachelors’ and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a Law degree from Florida State University, a Masters of Law in taxation from the University of Washington, a certificate in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Missouri, and a Doctorate in Administration from Harvard University. This is his first run for congress.

Website: www.alanwoodruff.com/

Social Media

Facebook: none

Twitter: @alanwoodruff. 0 tweets, 25 followers.

LinkedIn: Alan Woodruff for Congress

Finances

Karen Brackett (Independent)

Karen Brackett has a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from East Tennessee State University, graduating in 1990, and a bachelor’s degree in science communication, TV and radio production, also from East Tennessee State University, earned in 1994. She is a writer.

Website: none

Social Media

Facebook: none

Twitter: none

Finances: None reported

Robert N. Smith (Green Party)

Robert N. Smith grew up on the Seneca Indian Reservation at Kinuza, Penn. He served almost 21 years in the U.S. Navy, working with aircraft armaments. He subsequently worked at military-related jobs both in the U.S. and abroad, including time as a civilian contractor in Saudi Arabia.

Website: Green Party of Tennessee

Social Media

Facebook: Robert N. Smith for US House TN 1st. Dist.

Twitter: none

Finances: None reported

Michael Salyer (Independent)

Michael Salyer is a professional tanker truck driver. He was born and still resides in Mt. Carmel, Tenn., where he graduated from Volunteer High School in 1985. He previously ran for Congress in 2010. This is his second attempt.

Website: salyer2012.nationbuilder.com

Social Media

Facebook: facebook.com/michael.d.salyer

Twitter: @Salyer2012. 15 tweets, 8 followers.

Finances: None reported

* Positions on issues are based on statements from the candidates’ websites, social media and/or voting records. If the candidate did not express a clear and consistent opinion on an issue, he or she is listed as taking no position.

The charts are not intended to provide an in-depth analysis of a candidate’s platform. Visit the candidates’ websites or social media sites, if available, for more information on their positions on these issues.

• The Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, is a set of laws that prevents people from being excluded from health insurance coverage but requires everyone to purchase health insurance. It was enacted on March 23, 2010, with various provisions being phased in at different times over the next several years.
• The Arizona immigration law is legislation passed in Arizona that requires police officers, while enforcing other laws, to question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally. The two key issues are whether it is constitutional to require citizens to prove their citizenship to law enforcement officers, and whether it is constitutional for a state to have its own immigration policy separate from the federal government.
• The Stop the War on Coal Act was passed by the House on Sept. 20, 2012, and would significantly deregulate the coal industry from environmental statutes. It would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other sources, and prevent rules on the storage and disposal of coal ash and limit Clean Water Act rules. It would also prevent any new rules regulating mountaintop removal coal mining or toxic air emissions standards for coal-fired power plants. Proponents argue that new regulations will cause energy prices to rise.
• The Norquist no new taxes pledge: Grover Norquist is the founder and president of an anti-tax advocacy group called Americans for Tax Reform, which petitions members of congress to sign a pledge to never raise taxes under any circumstances.