Blackburn won’t address U.S. Senate appointment

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 607

Last Updated: 5 days, 1 hour ago

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Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn refused to say Wednesday whether she will appoint a former private prison executive to the U.S. Senate seat she is set to vacate.

Asked by a Lookout reporter whether she would name Damon Hininger, the one-time president and CEO of Tennessee’s private-prison company, CoreCivic, to replace her, Blackburn said, “We’ll have conversations about the Senate at a later date. … Not a conversation for today.”

Blackburn didn’t say Wednesday …

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