Blackburn Announces Bid for Corker’s Seat in Tennessee

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Tennessee congresswoman Marsha Blackburn announced Thursday that she would run for the Senate seat that retiring senator Bob Corker is vacating in 2018.

In her announcement video, Blackburn takes aim at the Senate as “totally dysfunctional” and “enough to drive you nuts,” while portraying herself as “a hardcore, card-carrying Tennessee conservative” who is “politically correct and proud of it.”

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