Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Announces Run for

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has announced a bid for Governor of Tennessee, to change the current Republican Governor Bill Lee, who is up against time period limits. Senator Blackburn has tied her gubernatorial marketing campaign, already, tightly to President Trump’s coattails.

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee announced she is operating for governor after more than six years in the higher chamber.

Current Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican who has held the post since early 2019, is prevented from operating for re-election in 2026 due to time period limits.

Blackburn is not the only federal lawmaker eyeing the job — U.S. Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., launched a gubernatorial bid earlier this yr.

“In his first six months, President Trump has made historic strides in Making America Great Again, but as he sends power back to the states, he’s going to need strong conservative governors who can bring that revolution home. I’m running to serve as Tennessee’s next governor to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader,” Blackburn said in a assertion.

Senator Blackburn has already garnered some key endorsements.

Blackburn, who has served in the U.S. Senate since early 2019, gained re-election to a second six-year time period back in November 2024.

Tennessee state Rep. Lee Reeves, a Republican, issued a full-throated endorsement of Blackburn for governor, declaring in a post on X that she “has always been Tennessee’s conservative warrior” and “is the tip of the spear in the fight against the Left in our state, fighting alongside President @realDonaldTrump.”

GOP state Rep. Jason Zachary described Blackburn as “A proven, conservative leader!” and famous that he helps her for governor.

Blackburn signaled earlier this yr that she deliberate to run. “I am strongly looking at it,” she had told the Tennessee Journal, according to The Tennessean. “I intend to run. I will win, and we’ll make certain that Tennessee is the most conservative state in the country.”

Tennessee is a fairly solidly Republican state, which means that whoever positive aspects the GOP nomination in this state is liable to win the final election – but then, we will look at neighboring Kentucky to see that those guidelines should not occasionally damaged. Still, President Trump carried the state in the 2024 election by a huge margin, gaining 64.2 % of the vote in contrast to Kamala Harris’s 34.5 %. In that election, Senator Blackburn gained her re-election by a related margin, 63.8 % to Democrat Gloria Johnson’s 34.2 %.

Senator Blackburn’s current Senate time period is up in 2030, which means that ought to she win the nomination and then the election, her Senate seat could be open. That should not current a risk to the current GOP majority in that home, as either Governor Lee or a newly-instated Governor Blackburn, relying on the timing, could be appointing a momentary substitute.

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In our federalist system, a stint as governor of a state is the best elected govt place to which one can aspire, short of the presidency. Indeed, a governorship is often seen as a springboard to the presidency, although Senator Blackburn has, to date, talked about no such ambitions.

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