田纳西州长竞选唯一辩论敲定10月27日 领跑者布莱克本拒绝参加
纳什维尔消息：田纳西州州长选举本选举周期的首场、也是目前唯一一场大选辩论，已定于10月27日晚7时（中部时间）在默弗里斯伯勒的中田纳西州立大学（MTSU）举行。然而，共和党提名人、联邦参议员玛莎·布莱克本已表示拒绝出席。
这场辩论由田纳西新闻协会（Tennessee Press Association）主办，形式为演播室直播、不设现场公众席位。民主党候选人、孟菲斯市议员杰里·格林（Jerri Green），以及独立候选人达科塔·哈特利（Dakota Hatley）和雷·平克斯顿（Ray Pinkston）均已表示将参加；据《田纳西人报》10月12日报道，三人签署了无条件参辩协议。布莱克本在今年夏天党内初选期间同样未参加任何辩论，她的竞选团队目前尚未公开说明缺席此次辩论的理由。
格林在宣布参选时曾表示，如果有一场辩论邀请各主要候选人，她愿意无条件参加；其竞选团队确认她仍将如期出席本场辩论。
田纳西州州长选举将于11月3日举行，现任州长比尔·李因任期限制不能连任。在没有两位主要党派候选人同台辩论的情况下，这场辩论将成为选民比较候选人政见的少数公开场合之一。
信息来源：《田纳西人报》（The Tennessean，2026年10月12日）
Tennessee Governor's Lone Debate Set for Oct. 27 — Frontrunner Blackburn Declines to Attend
NASHVILLE — The first — and so far only — general-election debate in Tennessee's governor's race is set for 7 p.m. CT on Oct. 27 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Republican nominee U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, however, has declined to attend.
Organized by the Tennessee Press Association, the debate will be broadcast live from a studio setting and will not be open to the public. Democratic nominee and Memphis City Council member Jerri Green and independent candidates Dakotah Hatley and Ray Pinkston have all signed unconditional agreements to participate, The Tennessean reported Oct. 12. Blackburn also skipped debates during this summer's Republican primary, and her campaign has not publicly explained her absence from this event.
Green had said when she entered the race that she would debate unconditionally if invited alongside the other major candidates, and her campaign confirms she will appear as scheduled.
The governor's race will be decided Nov. 3; incumbent Gov. Bill Lee is term-limited. Without both major-party nominees on stage, the Oct. 27 event remains one of the few chances for voters to compare the participating candidates side by side.
Source: The Tennessean, Oct. 12, 2026
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