going to begin campaigning for a 2028 Senate run should incumbent Marsha Blackburn appoint someone else if she’s elected governor.
“We’ve got a very good, positive network throughout the state of grassroots people,” Burchett told ....
Blackburn, who entered the increasingly testy gubernatorial race as the frontrunner, has indicated that she plans to make the Senate appointment rather than allowing Republican Gov. Bill Lee to do so before leaving office in January.
Burchett, former Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger have come up in conversations as potential candidates. When asked whether he would seek the appointment, Lee himself said he has no intention to run for the Senate, without specifically talking about the possibility of being appointed.
... interim replacement would be in office until a 2028 election ... Blackburn would have to resign her Senate seat before she could be sworn in as governor. ... (read more)
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