The Williamson Scene traveled from Mountain City to Memphis to Lebanon to Knoxville with Republican gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
This is that journey through photos.
Republican candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn listens to former Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey tell a story while eating an early supper with campaign staff and reporters at Blountville's Jailhouse BBQ, Aug. 5, 2026.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn greets diners at Blountville's Jailhouse BBQ while on a tour of the state in the final days and hours of the primary election, Aug. 5, 2026.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn listens to former Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey tell a story while eating an early supper with campaign staff and reporters at Blountville's Jailhouse BBQ on Aug. 5, 2026.
Trees blur by a car window in East Tennessee as reporters travel the state with Republican nominee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in the last days and hours of her primary election campaign, Aug. 5, 2026.
Republican voters listen to a campaign pitch from Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn at an Aug. 5, 2026, campaign stop at the Johnson County Welcome Center in Mountain City.
Tenn. Republican gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn speaks to supporters at the Johnson County Welcome Center in Mountain City at an Aug. 5, 2026, campaign stop.
Tenn. Republican gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn speaks to reporters at the Johnson County Welcome Center in Mountain City at an Aug. 5, 2026, campaign stop.
Protesters gather outside of the Johnson County Welcome Center in Mountain City during a campaign pitch by Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Aug. 5, 2026.
U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett stumps for Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn at an Aug. 5, 2026, campaign stop at the Johnson County Welcome Center in Mountain City.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn walks through a room of supporters and Republican voters at an Aug. 5, 2026, campaign stop at the Johnson County Welcome Center in Mountain City.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn leaves the Shelby County GOP headquarters in Memphis on the morning of Aug. 6, 2026, hours before she won the party's nomination in the primary election.
Breakfast plates and coffee sit on a chair inside the Shelby County GOP headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., during an Aug. 6, 2026, campaign stop by Republican candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn hours before she won the party's nomination in the primary election.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn greets Republican supporters as she enters the Shelby County GOP headquarters in Memphis on the morning of Aug. 6, 2026, hours before she won the party's nomination in the primary election.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (red shoes) poses for a photo with supporters at the Shelby County GOP headquarters in Memphis on the morning of Aug. 6, 2026, hours before she won the party's nomination in the primary election.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tenn. Michael Dunavant applauds Republican candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn during an Aug. 6, 2026, campaign stop at the Shelby County GOP headquarters in Memphis.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn looks out the window of a plane on the campaign trail from Memphis to Lebanon on Aug. 6, 2026, hours before she won the party's nomination in the primary election.
Right-wing activist Riley Gains (center) stumps for Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn at an Aug. 6, 2026, campaign stop at The Paper Mill restaurant in Mt. Juliet, hours before she won the party's nomination in the primary election.
Supporters of Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn hold campaign swag while awaiting her primary election victory speech at the Knoxville Convention Center, Aug. 6, 2026.
Americans For Prosperity Deputy State Director Michael Lotfi, Tennessee Deputy Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Brian Clifford and Tennessee Department of Agriculture Deputy Commissioner Ryan King look at election results on TVs in the Marsha Blackburn "war room" in the Knoxville Convention Center on primary election night, Aug. 6, 2026.
Republican nominee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn celebrates her primary election win in the campaign's 'war room' inside the Knoxville Convention Center, Aug. 6, 2026.
Blackburn political strategist Ward Baker thanks staff, volunteers and supporters following Tennessee Republican gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn's win inside the campaign's "war room" inside the Knoxville Convention Center during primary election night, Aug. 6, 2026.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn celebrates at the Knoxville Convention Center prior to Blackburn taking the stage to accept after winning her party's nomination, Aug. 6, 2026. Blackburn's campaign manager, Knoxville Mayor Glenn Jacobs, can be seen speaking on a screen in the background.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn hugs her grandson, Chase Ketchel, in a back hallway of the Knoxville Convention Center before taking the stage and accepting the party's nomination in the primary election, Aug. 6, 2026.
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn hugs her daughter, Mary Morgan Ketchel, on stage at the Knoxville Convention Center after winning her party's nomination in the primary election, Aug. 6, 2026.
Hamilton Matthew Masters is an FW Publishing photojournalist for the Nashville Post, Nashville Scene, and Williamson Scene.
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