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Fincher is a 44-year-old gospel singing farmer from the rural western Tennessee community of Frog Jump.
Candidates must now have voted in three out of the last four GOP state or federal level primaries.
A Montgomery County Primary Election was added after the school calendar for the year was set.
Elected to the State Senate in 2012, Green was nominated earlier this year by President Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of the Army before withdrawing.
Just before Blackburn made her run for Senate official, Governor Bill Haslam announced he won’t be doing the same.
A statement from Haslam said he wants to focus on his remaining time as governor.
Several 2018 democratic candidates will also be present at the party.
Haslam can’t for run for governor again next year because of term limits.
Corker gave a list of people who may be interested in running for his soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat.
The controversy was reignited over the weekend when dozens of NFL players chose to sit or kneel during pregame festivities.