... have preferred for that not to happen." The GOP candidates for the Senate seat include former Reps. Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary, and former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker. The Republicans have yet to go after the younger Ford over his family ...

... Bryant, with each winning 42 percent of the vote, and trailing by a small margin, 43-41, against former Rep. Van Hilleary. A third possible candidate, Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker, leads Ford by 46-42. Ford, one of a new generation ...

... What happened was one or more of them got cold feet and decided they had to divert blame from themselves,'' Rep. Van Hilleary, R-Tenn., told the Tennessean and The Knoxville News-Sentinel newspapers. Ironically, last week's events ...