Gov. Bill Haslam says he will give a U.S. Senate bid "serious consideration" after Sen. Lamar Alexander announced he wouldn’t run again in 2020.
Alexander announced in a news release Monday that he’s deeply grateful at having been elected to serve more combined years as governor and senator than anyone else in Tennessee. But he says now is the time for someone else to have that privilege. He will serve out his final two years.
Haslam is leaving office in January due to term limits.
Other possible GOP Senate candidates include U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty and U.S. Rep.-elect Mark Green.