‘A complete surprise’: A Tennessee GOP stronghold turns on the party

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The top Tennessee Republican received nearly 1 million fewer votes in 2026 than 2024, a turnout collapse that reverberated down-ballot, costing the GOP half a dozen state House seats and effectively neutralizing the party’s mid-cycle redistricting of the state’s U.S. House map. Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn garnered roughly 1.9 million votes in her landslide reelection victory for U.S. Senate in 2024, but two years later, the coalition powered by President Donald Trump that delivered her an impressive statewide win has almost disappeared. Blackburn received around 950k votes in the governor’s…

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‘A complete surprise’: A Tennessee GOP stronghold turns on the party
The top Tennessee Republican received nearly 1 million fewer votes in 2026 than 2024, a turnout collapse that reverberated down-ballot, costing the GOP half a dozen state House seats and effectively neutralizing the party’s mid-cycle redistricting of the state’s U.S. House...

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