Tennessee GOP Senate candidates on Roy Moore: It's up to Alabama voters

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. poses questions during a 2014 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP file photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. poses questions during a 2014 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP file photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

As top Republicans nationally call for Roy Moore to end his Alabama Senate run amid allegations of sexual misconduct, Tennessee's two GOP U.S. Senate candidates say Alabama voters should have the final say on the embattled candidate's future.

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, and former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Frog Jump, each issued their first statements to the USA Today Network - Tennessee on the controversy surrounding Moore. Five women have stepped forward accusing Moore of past sexual misconduct, including when the women were in their teens.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said Moore should "step aside." But neither Blackburn nor Fincher agreed when asked to comment on whether Moore should leave the race.

Read more at our news partner's website, tennessean.com.

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