Polling on the race is limited, but one early survey suggests Blackburn may have a lead over Rose. A Fabrizio Lee & Associates survey from January found that 71 percent of respondents would vote for Blackburn in the GOP primary, while 13 percent said they would support Rose. Sixteen percent were undecided.

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies in Congress, on Wednesday launched a run for governor of Tennessee in 2026, becoming the third sitting senator to launch a gubernatorial bid this year.

"I'm running for governor to ensure Tennessee is America's conservative leader for this generation and the next," she said.

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s said he was “hurting so bad” while he was given a lethal injection Tuesday in Tennessee, where authorities had refused to deactivate his implanted defibrillator despite claims it might cause unnecessary,

Byron Black was put to death despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once the lethal chemicals spread throughout his body.