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U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a top Republican ally of former President Donald Trump, will square off this fall in Tennessee against Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson, whose progressive profile rose nationally when her GOP colleagues tried to boot her from office over a\u00a0gun control protest on the chamber floor.<\/a><\/p>\n

Both women fended off primary challenges Thursday, setting up a distinctly different general election than Blackburn faced when she first won her office in 2018 while she was in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n

Blackburn won six years ago by beating Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen by almost 11 percentage points, toppling a well-liked moderate candidate who had hoped to have crossover appeal with even some Republican voters and who even ultimately supported Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s contentious nomination to the Supreme Court. Tennessee has now only elected GOP statewide candidates for nearly two decades, picking further-right candidates who align with Trump instead of the conservative dealmakers of its past.<\/p>\n

Blackburn again is touting an endorsement by Trump, who beat President Joe Biden by 23 percentage points in Tennessee in 2020. She helped craft the GOP\u2019s policy platform for Trump this year and touted his candidacy in her Republican National Convention speech. One of her first TV ads highlighted her opposition to transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports, now part of that GOP platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the U.S. Senate, I will continue to champion conservative, America First policies by working to lower taxes, secure the border, support our veterans, hold Big Tech accountable, and ensure our adversaries fear us again,\u201d she said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThis November, Republicans must unite to take control of the U.S. Senate, keep the House of Representatives, and elect President Donald Trump to the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson, meanwhile, won her Senate Democratic primary after an act of defiance against the GOP supermajority propelled her into the spotlight last year, days after a school shooting that\u00a0killed three children and three adults<\/a>. At the time, she joined fellow Democratic Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones as they walked to the front of the state House floor with a bullhorn. They joined the chants and cries for gun control legislation by protesters in the public galleries and outside of the chamber.<\/p>\n

The trio were quickly dubbed the \u201cTennessee Three\u201d as they faced expulsion hearings for violating House rules. Pearson and Jones, who are both Black, were expelled, while Johnson, who is white, was spared by one vote. Shortly after the expulsion vote, Johnson quickly noted that she avoided expulsion likely because she was white. Republicans denied race was a factor, noting her defense argued her role was lesser, such as not using the megaphone.<\/p>\n

The scene was broadcast worldwide, and the three have made guest appearances on TV and at Democratic events nationally since.<\/p>\n

Johnson, 62, has been a critic of Blackburn\u2019s policy positions, arguing that most Tennesseans want \u201ccommon sense gun legislation\u201d and better access to reproductive care. Faced with Tennessee\u2019s strict abortion ban, she testified about\u00a0the abortion she had at age 21<\/a>\u00a0due to an aortic aneurysm that likely would have killed her if she did nothing but might have harmed the baby if Johnson got the treatment she needed to save her own life.<\/p>\n

Blackburn, 71, has opposed gun control measures throughout her political career and has deflected when asked whether she supports a national ban on abortion, saying that she supports the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion and that the issue should be left to voters. Before Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned, in 2020 and prior years she voted to advance a bill that would have banned abortion at 20 weeks.<\/p>\n

After her win, Johnson said in a fundraising pitch that \u201cthe real fight begins now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine a better future for Tennessee: Extremism? We\u2019ll reject it. Reproductive rights? We\u2019ll defend them. Our democracy? We\u2019ll fight for it. Better opportunities for working families? You bet we\u2019ll make it happen,\u201d Johnson wrote.<\/p>\n

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