Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., would be the “clear front-runner” in her home state’s next Republican gubernatorial primary if she were to run, according to a longtime pollster for President Donald Trump.

Tony Fabrizio, the pollster for Trump’s 2016 and 2024 campaigns, told Axios on Thursday that a recent survey he conducted of Tennessee Republicans showed that Blackburn would be the favorite to win the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2026 because of her 82% favorability rating among likely primary voters.

Blackburn, who easily won reelection in November to a second six-year term, reportedly has been telling people she is likely to run for governor in 2026 as Republican Gov. Bill Lee is term-limited and cannot run again.

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