Republican Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Phil Bredesen are locked in a competitive, nasty battle for a key Senate seat — here’s what they told us about their race

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• Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is running for US Senate as a centrist Democrat in a race that could determine control of the chamber — and his campaign looks nothing like the “resistance.”
• Rep. Marsha Blackburn, an eight-term GOP incumbent, is running for the seat on President Donald Trump’s agenda. And the competitive battle in the red state has grown increasingly nasty. 
• Here are the full transcripts of Business Insider’s interviews with Bredesen and Blackburn. 

Business Insider recently spoke with Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn in Franklin, Tennessee and Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen in Nashville, Tennessee about their competitive race for retiring GOP Sen. Bob Corker’s seat.

Below are transcripts of the interviews, lightly edited for clarity. 

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