众议员伯切特称愿接任布莱克本参议员席位 两年后也可参选
田纳西州消息：共和党籍联邦众议员蒂姆·伯切特11月8日表示，他愿意接任当选州长玛莎·布莱克本留下的联邦参议员席位。
伯切特当天在福克斯新闻《周日简报》节目中说：「我绝对愿意承担这个角色，如果没有被任命，我也绝对会在两年后参选。」布莱克本在11月3日的选举中当选田纳西州州长，将于2027年1月就职，其参议员席位随之空出，补选定于2028年举行。
消息人士称，伯切特已列入布莱克本的可能接任人选短名单，同在名单上的还有副州长斯图尔特·麦克沃特、众议员查克·弗莱施曼和前诺克斯县县长格伦·雅各布斯。伯切特自2019年1月起担任田纳西州第二选区众议员，11月3日以16个百分点的优势赢得第四个任期，现任众议院监督与政府改革委员会政府效率分委会主席。由谁填补这一参议员空缺，将由当选州长布莱克本就职后决定。
（来源：Daily Caller）
Rep. Tim Burchett Says He Would Accept Appointment to Blackburn Senate Seat, or Run in Two Years
TENNESSEE — Republican U.S. Representative Tim Burchett said on November 8 that he would be willing to take the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn.
"I would absolutely take on that role, and if I'm not appointed, I will absolutely run in two years," Burchett said on Fox News's Sunday Briefing. Blackburn won the Tennessee governorship in the November 3 election and takes office in January 2027, leaving her Senate seat open, with a special election set for 2028.
Sources say Burchett is on Blackburn's short list of possible appointees, alongside Lieutenant Governor Stewart McWhorter, Representative Chuck Fleischmann and former Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. Burchett has represented Tennessee's 2nd District since January 2019, won a fourth term on November 3 by 16 points, and chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's subcommittee on government efficiency. The appointment decision rests with Blackburn once she takes office.
(Source: Daily Caller)
来源：Daily Caller
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