Marsha Blackburn is running tonight! And this time, it’s not to chase down Kimberly Cheatle to get answers over Secret Service failures. Blackburn will face off against a primary challenger in Tennessee’s primary, and there’s more down-ballot fun to boot.
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Polls close at 8 pm ET, and our DDHQ partners expect results to be complete within a couple of hours. Rural counties will report the quickest, but the cities should follow soon afterward. As I noted, there isn’t a lot of drama here; Blackburn did draw a primary challenger, Tres Wittum, but he’s had no significant fundraising and got less than 400 votes two years ago in a House challenge in TN-05.
The Democrat primary to nominate a challenger to Blackburn might be more interesting, especially with the large number of candidates in the mix. State Rep. Gloria Johnson raised the most cash by far; Marquita Bradshaw came in a distant second with just $35,000.
Also, Dems will compete for the chance to challenge incumbent House Republican in TN-05, Andy Ogles, a considered likely-to-safe GOP seat in November. That’s a three-way race, with Cyril Focht winning the Dem money chase this cycle.
