I think it will a close race. Bredesen didn’t govern as a wide eyed liberal and he left office with a lot of goodwill among Tennesseans. However people have had enough of anything Democratic and we should get used to saying “Sen. Blackburn”
(Marsha is my congresscritter and proudly so!)
The 7th congressional’s loss will be the country’s gain!
As a lifelong resident of Nashville, I’ve known Bredesen for over 3+ decades, since before he ran for Mayor (first time in 1987) and was at HCA. The guy is a left-winger, and is from the northeast (he first ran for office in Massachusetts in the ‘70s, which tells you something right there). I’ve been bemused by folks that thought he governed “centrist.” He was a rotten Mayor who focused so much energy on downtown that other parts of the city turned to $hit (especially mine, which never recovered since its 1980s zenith), and the crime rate exploded, too.
This is the guy who pretty much confirmed where he stands when he sent out Christmas cards with the portrait of a Mohammadan girl on them. This phony will be a 100% down-the-line leftist. He’s got nothing to lose. He’s old (75 in November) and can spend his last years screwing Tennessee, Trump, and Conservatives that he hates.