EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) initially intended to retire after accomplishing all the goals he originally ran on. But now the House Republican is eyeing even bigger wins after throwing his hat back in the ring.
Almost immediately after it was reported Green would not run for reelection, the three-term incumbent was flooded with phone calls from constituents urging him to reconsider. Those calls were later matched by nudges from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and former President Donald Trump — ultimately leading Green to mull another bid.
“I really started thinking about it again from the perspective of: I really needed to do the job,” Green told the Washington Examiner in an interview. “Everybody was just, like, ‘Look, if no one else, it’s you. You got to do this.’ And so I prayed about it with my
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