{"id":31006,"date":"2026-08-07T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31006"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:06:26","slug":"tennessee-sen-blackburn-wins-republican-primary-for-governor-defeating-fellow-trump-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31006","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Sen. Blackburn wins Republican primary for governor, defeating fellow Trump ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By David Morgan and Daniel Trotta<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn won Tennessee&#8217;s Republican primary election for governor, U.S. media \u200cprojected on Thursday, making her the heavy favorite in the November general \u200celection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a battle between two of President Donald Trump&#8217;s closest allies in Congress, Blackburn, 74, defeated \u200bU.S. Representative John Rose, 61. They ran to replace two-term Republican Governor Bill Lee, who is leaving office because of term limits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Memphis City Councilor Jerri Green won the Democratic nomination, U.S. media projected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The governor&#8217;s office in Tennessee, a state Trump \u200cwon by nearly 30 percentage \u2060points in 2024, is widely expected to remain in Republican hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blackburn, who spent 16 years in the U.S. House of \u2060Representatives before entering the Senate in 2019, led Rose by comfortable double-digit margins for much of the race, according to opinion polls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tennessee primary election also featured the \u200bfirst \u200bU.S. House contest since the Republican-controlled state \u200bredrew its congressional map to dismantle \u200ca majority-Black Memphis district, currently represented by Democrat Steve Cohen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He chose not to seek reelection to the seat, which independent political analysts now rate as safe Republican.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">State Representative Justin Pearson, who was backed by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and more than a dozen other progressives in Congress, secured the Democratic nomination for \u200cthe district on Thursday, U.S. media projected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pearson \u200bdrew national attention in 2023 when he and \u200bfellow Democratic state Rep. Justin \u200bJones were expelled from the Tennessee House by the Republican \u200cmajority after participating in a gun-control protest \u200bon the House \u200bfloor following a school shooting in Nashville. Both were quickly reinstated by local officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pearson will be opposed by Republican State Senator Brent Taylor, who \u200bwas endorsed by Trump \u200cand prevailed in a field of four candidates, U.S. media projected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting \u200bby David Morgan in Washington and Daniel Trotta in Vista, California; \u200bEditing by Edmund Klamann and Edwina Gibbs)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Morgan and Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn won Tennessee&#8217;s Republican primary election for governor, U.S. media \u200cprojected on Thursday, making her the heavy favorite in the November general \u200celection. 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