Businessman Bill Lee won the Republican nomination for governor in Tennessee on Thursday night.
Lee was up against three other Republicans: Rep. Diane Black, entrepreneur Randy Boyd, and House Speaker Beth Harwell. Lee traveled the state in an RV and on a tractor and said he was a conservative outsider like President Trump. Lee spent $7 million on his campaign, while Black and Boyd spent a combined $35 million.
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