All is not well within the Tennessee Republican Party. At least, not if you’re an establishment Republican.
That’s likely not a shock if you’ve followed politics to any degree in the Volunteer State in the past few years, but the depth and degree of that issue were further clarified with business mogul Donald Trump’s dominant performance in the state Tuesday night. He won in Davidson and Shelby counties, the most urban in the state, and in the rural areas that tend to support the most conservative candidates.
It’s not a crystal ball, but the results can’t provide too much joy if you’re a party insider or a member of the Republican mainstream looking at a statewide race in Tennessee in 2018, when the governor’s race and a U.S. Senate race are on the ballot.
