(The Center Square) – One year away from the Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has a 52-point poll lead in the race for governor of Tennessee.
With 364 days left until the primary, Thursday morning the Beacon Center of Tennessee said Blackburn is leading U.S. Rep. John Rose 66%-14%. A generic Democratic candidate, as the poll called it, would trail either Republican by 19%.
Beacon said 19% were undecided between Blackburn and Rose.
Methodology, including margin of error, was not released.
The poll sampling also includes questions on expansion of Education Freedom Scholarships, tariffs and a recent Supreme Court ruling impacting teenagers. Those results are to be released on Monday.
Blackburn, former state senator (1993-2003) and U.S. House member (2003-19), won reelection to a second six-year term in the Senate this past November.
Rose, former agriculture commissioner for the state, was first elected to Congress in the 2018 midterms.
Among other races in Tennessee’s midterm cycle are a seat in the U.S. Senate (not Blackburn’s); all nine Tennessee seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; state executive offices; all 33 Senate and all 99 House seats in the Legislature; and a state Supreme Court seat.
