Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-114 (2026)
Calendar of appearances
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The state executive committees for each statewide political party are urged to jointly establish a calendar of appearances in each county in this state enabling their respective gubernatorial candidates to appear together during the time between the primary and general elections.
- (b) At each such appearance, each candidate is to be given an opportunity to speak to those attending the event, and following each candidate's speech, a time is to be provided for a town-hall forum.
- (c) The schedule, if established, should be posted on the website of each political party no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the primary election. Once established, any change to a scheduled appearance or if one of the candidates should be unable to appear, should be posted as soon as such information is available to the respective committee.
Acts 2009 , ch. 236, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2022–2026 · leading case: Randall L. Rice v. The Tennessee Democratic Exec. Comm. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026).
Randall L. Rice v. The Tennessee Democratic Exec. Comm. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “Compare Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-114 (a) (2014) (the state executive -8- distinct entities are composed of the same people, wearing two different hats, performing two different roles, rather than that their members are different people.”
Robert Starbuck Newsom a/k/a Robby Starbuck v. Tennessee Repub. Party (2022). “Compare Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-114 (a) (2014) (the state executive committees for the parties are urged to jointly establish a calendar of appearances in each county enabling their gubernatorial candidates to appear together); Tenn.”
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