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Who did Marsha Blackburn defeat to become the first woman senator from Tennessee?

  • Bill Haslam

  • Phil Bredesen

  • Karl Dean

  • Lamar Alexander

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Marsha Blackburn defeated Phil Bredesen in the 2018 election, making her the first woman to represent Tennessee in the United States Senate. Blackburn, a Republican, served in the U.S. House of Representatives for twelve years prior to her Senate victory. Bredesen, a Democrat, was the 49th Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011.
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