Blackburn won’t address U.S. Senate appointment

Blackburn won’t address U.S. Senate appointment

Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn refused to say Wednesday whether she will appoint a former private prison executive to the U.S. Senate seat she is set to vacate. Asked by a Lookout reporter whether she would name Damon Hininger, the one-time president and CEO of Tennessee’s private-prison company, CoreCivic, to replace her, Blackburn said, “We’ll have conversations […]

The Quiet Race to Be Blackburn’s Senate Replacement

Hopefuls began jockeying for position around Blackburn the day she announced her run at the governor's seat, producing a short list that includes Tennessee’s most ambitious GOP figures eying a prized position in D.C.’s upper chamber. Blackburn is expected to resign her Senate seat moments before her Jan. 16 inauguration.