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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 9, 2025

The Republican primary contest to succeed U.S. Rep. John Rose in Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District is taking shape, The Tennessee Journal reports. Three candidates have announced their intentions to run. They are: Van Hilleary, Rose’s chief of staff and former U.S. representative from Chattanooga, state House Republican Whip Johnny Garrett, R-Goodlettsville, and Dale Braden. On the Democratic side, Mike Croley is the first to announce, according to Tennessee Lookout. Rose, from Cookeville, is leaving Congress to run for governor. The district includes the eastern part of Nashville, parts of Wilson County and about a dozen counties in Middle and East Tennessee.