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1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett announced Sunday he is willing to fill GOP Tennessee Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn’s seat in the U.S. Senate.
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he → announce → Senate
Burchett appeared on Blackburn’s shortlist of possible replacements to fill her seat after she is sworn in as governor in January 2027, sources told the Nashville Banner.
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sources → appear → Banner
The Tennessee congressman also confirmed on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing” he would run for Senate to permanently fill Blackburn’s seat if she does not appoint him.
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she → confirm → him
“I think I’ve got a good shot at it.
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I → think → it
I’ve prayed about it, I would absolutely take on that role and if not, I would absolutely run for it in two years,” Burchett told host Peter Doocy.
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Burchett → pray → Doocy
(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Tim Burchett Joins House Republican Study Committee)
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Burchett → relate → Committee
Other Tennessee Republicans, including Deputy Gov. Stuart McWhorter, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, and former Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, also made Blackburn’s list, according to the Nashville Banner.
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Republicans → include → Banner
Blackburn won her gubernatorial race against Democratic Tennessee gubernatorial nominee Jerri Green by a three-point margin, 45% to 42.9%.
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Blackburn → win → margin
A special election will take place to fill her seat in 2028.
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election → take → 2028
Burchett first assumed office in the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2019.
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Burchett → assume → January
He won reelection to a fourth term serving Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional Districtduring in Tuesday’s election by a 16-point margin.
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He → win → margin
President Donald Trump won the district by roughly 33.9 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election.
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Trump → win → election
Burchett chairs the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is part of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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which → chair → Oversight
The Tennessee Republican has notably taken a stand against automated license plate readers.
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Republican → take → readers
He introduced the “Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act” in July, which would ban federal agencies from using automated surveillance.
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which → introduce → surveillance
If passed, no agency would be permitted to “purchase, deploy, operate, access, or contract any automated surveillance system.”
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agency → pass → system
Burchett was among 19 Republicans to vote against temporarily extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to collect and search American citizens’ data without a warrant if they were in contact with targeted noncitizens.
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they → vote → noncitizens
Republicans lost their majorities in the House and Senate during Tuesday’s midterm elections as voters nationwide soured over political corruption, Trump’s handling of the economy and the Iran War.
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voters → lose → economy
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