Former governor Bill Haslam won’t seek U.S. Senate seat

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 11, 2019 3:03 PM CT | Published: July 11, 2019 8:44 AM CT
<strong>Former governor Bill Haslam says he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Lamar Alexander. </strong>(Mark Humphrey/Associated Press file)

Former governor Bill Haslam says he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Lamar Alexander. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press file)

After mulling a bid for six months, former Gov. Bill Haslam said he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Lamar Alexander.

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Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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