INTRO: The Volunteer State will need a new senator once current Tennessee Republican Senator and governor-elect Marsha Blackburn assumes her new role. Tennessee Republican Representative Tim Burchett tells Fox’s “The Sunday Briefing” he wants to replace Senator Blackburn.
ACK: Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)
*** MANDATORY CREDIT: Fox’s “The Sunday Briefing” ***
TAG: Senator Blackburn says she’ll stay in office until she’s sworn in as governor … which gives her the power to appoint her own replacement. There have been rumors that War Secretary Pete Hegseth could become Tennessee’s next senator … but the Associated Press reports he’s not in consideration for the seat.
KEYWORD: Politics
