mr. desjarlais has positioned himself.le have kind of written him off and assumed that he would lose in the primary. but in the past few weeks his campaign has shown some signs of life. he outraised mr. tracy in early july with them would indicate he does have some momentum. and voters came into his have kind of give an indication that they're in a forgiving sort of mood. so some people think that the very may well pull this race off. >> host: michael collins is, washington correspondent talk about primary day in tennessee. thanks for your time. >> guest: thank you. spent watch live primary coverage of today's races in tennessee along with highlights from recent debates in the hawaii and virginia primary contests, pleasure phone calls. all that tonight at eight eastern on c-span. >> while congress is in recess this month, c-span's primetime programming continues at 8 p.m. eastern on friday with the western conservative summit in denver. saturday robert gates, condoleezza rice and madeleine albright on the situation in ukra

mr. desjarlais is in the fight of his life. he's running against a fellow republican by the name of mr. jim tracy. he is a state senator. the reason this race is getting a lot of tension is because of some revelations about congressman des jarlais' personal life that came just after he was reflected in 2012. he had gone through a very difficult divorce a number of years ago. his divorce records were revealed shortly after he was elected. in these records they showed the woman that he was married to at the time, not the one he's married to now, but the woman that he was married to at the time had gotten a couple of abortions when she was married to him. mr. des jarlais also admitted to having sexual relations with a number of his patients. all of this is problematic if you are positioning yourself as a conservative republican, as he has. people had sort of republican him off and assumed he would lose, but in the last few weeks, his campaign has shown some signs of life. he out-raised mr. tracy in july which would seem to indicate he does have some momentum here. and in interviews he's ki