Out-of-state Dem govs with 2028 ambitions are working to boost TN US House candidates

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: October 9, 2026

Words: 531

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Two Democratic governors with presidential aspirations are spending money and time in Tennessee to boost the party’s U.S. House candidates ahead of the November midterm election.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s political action committee, PAC, Ready for the Fight, has purchased around $1.6 million in television advertisements in Nashville and Memphis over the next four weeks, according to a Lookout analysis of Federal Communications Commission public inspection files.

Ready for the Fight has raised $20 million …

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