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How Trump Is Influencing Tennessee’s Race For Governor

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Diane Black has touted her support for President Trump in TV ads. Credit: Diane Black for Governor via YouTube
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President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot this fall, but he looms large over the races for Congress and governor.

Candidates can boost themselves with conservatives by standing close to Trump — sometimes literally. But no leader in recent history has been as polarizing as the president, so they risk alienating voters elsewhere on the political spectrum.

In this week’s edition of The Tri-Star State, WPLN’s Jason Moon Wilkins and Chas Sisk talk about that balancing act.

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Chas Sisk, Senior Editor

Chas joined WPLN in 2015 and became an editor in 2018. Previously, he covered state politics for Nashville Public Radio and The Tennessean, and he’s also reported on communities, politics and business for a variety of publications in Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University, where he studied economics and journalism.

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