Stockard on the Stump: Blackburn camp nearly wrote losing playbook

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 1,411

Last Updated: 3 days, 8 hours ago

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And the band played on and on … It seemed they would play the entire Merle Haggard box set before U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn came out and claimed victory Tuesday night in Tennessee’s gubernatorial race.

No doubt, folks in the Blackburn camp were getting antsy as the vote differential with Democrat Jerri Green ran between 2 and 6 percentage points, winding up at a resounding 2.5-point margin for the Republican nominee in the …

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