Blackburn campaign drops legal threat to Tennessee election finance board over reappointments

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: September 23, 2026

Words: 679

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Days after threatening to take Tennessee’s Registry of Election Finance to court over a public records request, gubernatorial candidate U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn dropped the demand for communications dealing with board reappointments.

An initial request for records filed by Blackburn attorney Brandon Smith turned up nothing substantive between Registry board member Tom Lawless, who died suddenly during a weekend trip to New York City, and Executive Director Bill Young regarding gubernatorial appointments of …

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