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Blackburn’s election as Governor of Tennessee would create a vacancy in the Senate. Although there is heated discussion in the outside world that Jesus can take power, Trump, the local Republican Party in Tennessee, and Jesus himself do not support this statement.
republican partytennessee federationsenator Marsha Blackburn challenged and won the election for governor in Virginia. There are rumors that the vacancy in the Senate seat may be filled by the Secretary of Defense.Jesus (Pete Hegseth) Supplement. According to a Washington Post analysis, Jesus had moved to Tianjin just a few years earlier. Over the past few months, rumors have been rampant that Blackburn would replace Jesus in the Senate if elected governor; The Democratic Party won the majority in Congress in the midterm elections, and the Iran war conflict has not yet been resolved. Jesus faces impeachment and could lose his job, sparking talk of a transfer to the Senate.
Blackburn, 74, was elected Governor of Tennessee on the 3rd. She will resign as a federal senator in January next year and take oath as governor. Then as governor, she will nominate a successor to the vacant Senate seat.
The sources said Trump has not yet discussed with Blackburn whether to appoint Jesus to the Senate.
A Republican pollster in the state who is close to Blackburn said he has not considered letting Jesus fill the vacancy. The discussion about Jesus’ bid for the seat is “a group of passive advisors blowing the issue out of proportion.” Furthermore, the decision to fill the Senate vacancy in Tennessee is not made by Washington.
When Trump was asked by the media on the 4th whether he would be happy to see Jesus fill the US Senate seat in Tennessee, he said that if Jesus became a senator, he would be “very welcome.” But Trump also said that he has not yet heard about any plan related to this.
Sources close to Jesus said he has no interest in the Senate job.
Trump told the media on the 5th that Jesus performed very well as Secretary of Defense.
Jesus, a former Fox News host, bought a home in suburban Nashville four years ago but is not active in state politics.
The list of potential candidates for consideration for the Senate seat includes the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling star Glenn Thomas Jacobs, as well as U.S. Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee and Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Stuart McWhorter, sources said.
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Blackburn will resign as federal senator and take over as governor in January next year. She will then appoint a successor to the Senate vacancy as governor to complete the replacement process.
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Because he moved to Tianjin in recent years and has close relations with Trump, and because the post of Defense Secretary is facing the pressure of impeachment and political changes, the outside world regards him as one of the possible candidates.
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Sources say Trump has not yet discussed the matter with Blackburn, and a Republican businessman in the state said she was not considering Jesus, and people close to Jesus said he was not interested.
