Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is working for governor, she introduced Wednesday, promising to assist her state be “America’s conservative chief” for generations to come back.
Blackburn, who can be the state’s first feminine governor if she wins, leaned closely on her assist for President Donald Trump in a brief video posted to X saying her marketing campaign. The primary photographs within the video are of the president, earlier than Blackburn takes over to declare: “Trump is again, America is blessed, and Tennessee — higher than ever.”
“Right here within the Volunteer State, we at all times paved the way. And that is why I’m saying my candidacy for governor,” she says, promising to deliver extra jobs and power manufacturing to the state, including she plans to “ship a world-class schooling for our youngsters by empowering dad and mom, not the deep state.”
She framed herself as a stalwart of conservative coverage who will carry ahead these values as governor — promising to deport unlawful aliens “whether or not it takes planes, trains or starships;” promising to “worth life;” waving on the debate over transgender athletes collaborating in ladies’s sports activities by saying “we’ll outline our girls and boys the best way God made them.”
“I really like Tennessee, I consider in Tennesseans, and I am able to ship the sort of conservative management that can guarantee our state is America’s conservative chief for this technology and the subsequent,” she added.
Blackburn will be part of a main that features Rep. John Rose, who has loaned his marketing campaign $5 million to spice up his bid. The state’s present governor, Invoice Lee, can’t run once more as a result of time period limits.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth has additionally mentioned the thought of working for political workplace subsequent 12 months in Tennessee, NBC Information reported final week, citing two individuals who have spoken with him about it. A Protection Division spokesperson denied he was contemplating a bid and others in Hegseth’s orbit instructed NBC Information that he has no plans to run for workplace.
Blackburn is a outstanding power in Republican politics within the state, having served in elected workplace there for a quarter-century, taken high-profile roles within the Senate on points like abortion and banning transgender athletes from ladies’s sports activities, and cultivated a relationship with Trump. The president has not but weighed in on the race.
If Blackburn had been to win, she must vacate her seat to which she was re-elected in November. As governor, she would have the power to nominate her non permanent successor earlier than a particular election to fill the seat.
Blackburn is the third sitting senator to announce a run for governor this 12 months after Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet.
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