NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 11, 2017) — Republican U.S. Rep. Diane Black is running for governor in Tennessee.
July 5, Congresswoman Black was in Jackson to speak to the Jackson Rotary Club. Black told the group she supports agriculture and family farmers, opposes any sanctuary cities in Tennessee.
Black made the announcement Wednesday morning on her campaign website. “Most people in politics say the right things, but they never fight for the right things, “Black says in the 90-second clip. “They’re too meek or maybe even too weak … I don’t back down. Maybe’s it’s because I grew up in a family where we had nothing or maybe it’s because I was a single mom working in the night-shift as a nurse. It’s just how I’m wired.”
Other Republican candidates for governor so far include state House Speaker Beth Harwell, state Sen. Mae Beavers, businessman Randy Boyd and businessman Bill Lee. Karl Dean, the former mayor of Nashville, is running on the Democratic side.
Black is in charge of one of the most powerful committees in Congress, the House Budget Committee. She was named interim chair in January when President Donald Trump nominated Rep. Tom Price of Georgia to become secretary of Health and Human Services.
Before being elected to Congress, Black served as a state lawmaker.
