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Sarah Grace Taylor


What are the differences between Blackburn and Rose as candidates for Tennessee governor?

This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter at nashvillebanner.com/newsletters.It can be hard to separate two members of the same party with nearly identical policy platforms like the frontrunners in Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial primary election. It gets harder to separate them when campaigning happens primarily behind closed doors.

Staff file Photo by Seth Carpenter / U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters before the Lincoln Day Dinner in Chattanooga on June 20, 2026. Tennessee state Sen. Bo Watson, R-North Chattanooga, stands with Blackburn, who has not accepted invitations to debate fellow Republican primary candidates for Tennessee governor.