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Once a favorite, Rep. Diane Black loses the Tennessee governor's primary race
She spent 10.2 Million for a job that pays $181,980 per year
Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), a longtime favorite to win Tennessee’s governor’s race, just lost her primary — the latest House Republican casualty in the 2018 midterm cycle.
Bill Lee, a business executive from south of Nashville, clinched a victory in Tennessee’s Republican primary in what turned out to be a contentious race between four top-tier Republican candidates. At the time the race was called, Black was in third, behind Randy Boyd, a former Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner from Knoxville.
Lee, a family business owner and cattle farmer, ran as an outsider candidate; on policy, he was as conservative as his primary opponents, but he benefited from being left out of the crossfire. He will face former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, a Democrat, in November.
The race is a major defeat for Black, who held a powerful chair role in the House as the head of the Budget Committee and could have had a future in House Republican leadership. An early favorite in the race, she had Vice President Mike Pence’s endorsement and was running as President Trump’s candidate (despite never actually getting his formal endorsement). Her loss indicates that running close to Trump doesn’t guarantee success, even in a deeply red state like Tennessee.
Bill Lee, a business executive from south of Nashville, clinched a victory in Tennessee’s Republican primary in what turned out to be a contentious race between four top-tier Republican candidates. At the time the race was called, Black was in third, behind Randy Boyd, a former Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner from Knoxville.
Lee, a family business owner and cattle farmer, ran as an outsider candidate; on policy, he was as conservative as his primary opponents, but he benefited from being left out of the crossfire. He will face former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, a Democrat, in November.
The race is a major defeat for Black, who held a powerful chair role in the House as the head of the Budget Committee and could have had a future in House Republican leadership. An early favorite in the race, she had Vice President Mike Pence’s endorsement and was running as President Trump’s candidate (despite never actually getting his formal endorsement). Her loss indicates that running close to Trump doesn’t guarantee success, even in a deeply red state like Tennessee.
https://www.vox.com/2018/8/2/17639464/tennessee-primary-2018-diane-black-loses-lee
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Hi salin! 
It has been too long since we crossed DU paths!
She basically wanted everyone to know that she and Trump were BFFs. She had footage of Trump saying her name on two separate occasions (one in which the ad proudly said, "Only ONE candidate helped Donald Trump write the middle class tax cut."
And in her attack ads on the other 2 candidates, she accused them both of NOT supporting Trump.
I looked up the results last night because I was curious. She finished in THIRD place, behind the 2 guys she accused of not supporting Trump enough. Guess even in Tennessee, Trump's name is poison.
