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The Tri-Star State: Takeaways From The First Debate Between Marsha Blackburn And Phil Bredesen

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Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Governor Phil Bredesen laid out their positions on responding to the opioid crisis at a forum Friday hosted by Healthy Tennessee. Credit: Screenshot of Republican Convention / TN Photo Services
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The polls show Tennessee’s Senate race between Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Gov. Phil Bredesen is neck and neck. That makes events like last week’s debate at Cumberland University all the more crucial.

During the debate Bredesen and Blackburn highlighted some important differences as they tried to make their final cases to voters. WPLN’s Chas Sisk and Sergio Martínez-Beltrán have been covering the race, and they sat down with Jason Moon Wilkins to talk about why this race is taking on national implications.

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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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