Blackburn blasts Democrats’ conflict powers push, condemns Michigan candidate
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., analyzes the Democratic technique to restrict President Donald Trump’s conflict powers relating to Iran, calling it a ‘delay tactic.’ She emphasizes confronting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its function in funding terrorist teams like Hamas. Blackburn additionally criticizes a Michigan Senate candidate for his anti-Israel feedback.
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Conservative firebrand Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is aiming to alter her work tackle from Washington D.C. to Nashville.
The previous longtime congresswoman and two-term senator with a sturdy nationwide profile because of her common cable information appearances is the front-runner in Thursday’s Republican gubernatorial main, within the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Invoice Lee.
The Republican face-off for governor of Tennessee, the place Democrats have not gained a gubernatorial election in 20 years, takes high billing because the red-leaning southeastern state holds nominating contests for state and federal places of work.
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Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is operating for governor within the 2026 race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Invoice Lee. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photographs)
Blackburn is taken into account the frontrunner in a race that additionally contains four-term Rep. John Rose, who like Blackburn is a staunch Capitol Hill supporter of President Donald Trump, and state Rep. Monty Fritts.
Though the president handed out endorsements in different GOP gubernatorial primaries this cycle, Trump remained impartial within the Tennessee contest.
“Sadly, she’s operating for governor. She’s operating for governor of Tennessee. I’d love her to not, I begged her,” Trump stated in January. “‘I stated, ‘Marsha, don’t. We don’t need to lose you within the Senate.’”
However the president has stated Blackburn can be a superb governor, and in addition famous that Rose has been a staunch loyalist.
Though she did not land Trump’s endorsement, Blackburn has showcased her assist for him.
“As President Trump sends energy and authority again to the states, I am able to ship for the folks of the Volunteer State and make our state America’s conservative chief,” she wrote on the eve of the first in a social media publish that included a photograph of her and Trump.
5 Democrats, together with Memphis Metropolis Councilwoman Jerri Inexperienced, are bidding for his or her get together’s gubernatorial nomination.
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Sen. Invoice Hagerty, R-Tenn., is seen contained in the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 4, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc.)
Tennessee’s different U.S. senator, Republican Invoice Hagerty, is unopposed within the GOP main as he seeks a second six-year time period within the Senate.
5 Democrats are vying to problem Hagerty within the common election. Then-Sen. Al Gore’s re-election 36 years in the past was the final time a Democrat gained a Senate contest in Tennessee.
In U.S. Home battles, Memphis voters will solid ballots for his or her Democratic and Republican nominees utilizing a brand new GOP-drawn congressional district map that created an additional right-leaning seat and compelled longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen to not search re-election.
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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) walks by means of the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Photographs)
In the meantime, two-term Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, a serious Trump ally within the Home who’s backed by the president, is going through a stiff main problem from Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, who was endorsed earlier this week by Lee. The race has seen a big infusion of cash from outdoors teams.
