John Rose Announces 2026 Bid To Become Governor Of Tennessee

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Rep. John Rose (R-TN) officially announced his candidacy for the governorship of Tennessee in 2026.

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00:00Hey guys, welcome. It's time to get us started here today. It's an honor to be asked to the

00:12Rose to come and say just a word or two on their behalf and lead a prayer for the campaign

00:18and their family. We've known John and Chelsea and the boys for several years. They're part

00:23of our church congregation back in Cookville. And I can tell you that they are a family

00:28that puts a priority on going to church and their service for God. I know you have heard

00:34John speak before and you know that he's a man of God and that means a lot to us. Just

00:40a couple of weeks ago, John was leading the opening prayer at our congregation and I just

00:45happened to think to myself, wouldn't it be great if all of our elected officials this

00:50morning were leading a prayer at their churches for our country and their family. And I just

00:56thought how special that is. And it shows you what kind of man John is. I have one more

01:02little personal note I'd like to take a minute and share. Back several years ago when my

01:07granddaughter, Audrey Jane, was in the third grade, we were doing a homework. I picked

01:14her up from school and we were talking about social studies and about how Congress works.

01:19And I was trying to explain to her the idea of how a representative speaks for us in Washington

01:26and that if we needed to call him and talk to him, we could. We could reach out and let

01:30him know what we were thinking. And she said, you mean we can call him? And I said, yes

01:36we can. Would you like to try? And so she said, I would like that. So we dialed his

01:40number, looked it up in the church directory and we called John. It went to voicemail and

01:45I explained to him what was going on. But just about five minutes later, he called us

01:50back and it turned out he was on his way to the House floor for a vote and he took the

01:55time to talk to Audrey Jane and explain to her how representation works and what his

02:00job is in Washington. And that meant a lot to me and I will never forget it. It shows

02:05you that he would take the time to reach out and talk to a third grade student that he

02:11represented in Congress. And you know that he's a man of prayer and it's my honor now

02:16to pray for his campaign and the family and for, well, just our country as a whole. If

02:23you would remove your hats, please. Lord, I thank you so much for all that you bless

02:29us with. Lord, I thank you. I thank you. I thank you for the place that we live, for

02:34the beautiful time of the year that we're in when it's the trees and the flowers are

02:39waking up from a long winter. Lord, we can see your handiwork and your majesty in all

02:45around us. And Lord, we're thankful for our country and we're thankful that we live in

02:50the best place in the world. And Lord, we are so thankful for the freedoms we have to

02:55worship and to honor you. And we thank you for that. Lord, we've been asked today to

03:00say a prayer for John and Chelsea and the boys. And Lord, I just thank you for them,

03:06for the image he portrays, for the faith he has in God, and for the stand that he has

03:12made to put you first in their life. Lord, it's such a refreshing idea to have a man

03:21of God represent us. And Lord, I thank you for that. And Lord, I just ask you that you

03:27be with them. Lord, there are challenges ahead. And Lord, I ask you to help him to rely on

03:32you. And I ask you to give him guidance and, Lord, patience, which he will need a lot of,

03:39I'm sure. But Lord, I ask you to be with him as he goes about this campaign. Lord, again,

03:44we just pray your blessings and we thank you most of all for your son Jesus, for your Holy

03:48Spirit that lives in us. And Lord, we again thank you, thank you, thank you. And it's

03:53in Jesus' name we pray.

03:56My grandchildren Audrey, Jane, and Riley are going to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

04:10I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for

04:17which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

04:28Please welcome Pam Farmer-Chowney.

04:39I'm a hardworking woman. I'm not sure exactly when I first met John Rose, but my best guess

04:51is that it was 1983 at Tennessee FFA Camp Clements. John was there, Joe Comer was there

05:00that week as well. They were on the same state officer team. And I was there getting ready

05:06to start my senior year in high school, and I was president of the Paris FFA Chapter,

05:11and my greatest dream in life was to run to be a state officer in the FFA. I was so excited

05:20to talk with John and with Joe and ask them all these probably ridiculous questions about

05:26running for state office. And I remember for many of you who know FFA Camp, we were standing

05:32outside the old administration building, which it is gone now, and I was asking them

05:38my questions, and they were both gracious and patient with my 16-year-old self. They

05:45took their time. They encouraged me. And something that I didn't know until that conversation

05:53was that the current state officer team were the ones who elected the next state officers.

05:59So I had just shared my heart with these guys who were going to be on the nominating

06:03committee when I ran for state office. Fast forward 42 years to last week. My husband

06:13Tim Chowning and I were cleaning out some things at our house. We were on spring break,

06:18and Tim came across his state officer notebook. Tim served as secretary on the team with John

06:26and with Joe, and he was so excited. He brought it to me, and he said, look at this. And he,

06:32as the secretary of that team, had taken notes of the deliberations as they were selecting

06:39the next group of state officers. And there in my husband's handwriting, I saw these words,

06:45John Rose nominates Pam Farmer to serve as the 1984-85 state FFA president. And that

06:53just tickled me to death. I said, wow, a congressman and a future governor nominated me to be state

07:02president. And by the way, John, wherever you are, thank you for that. As I was thinking

07:11of what I could say about John today, I reflected on that election. Although that team could

07:18have made lots of decisions, John was the one who initiated that decision that had such

07:24an impact on my life. I remember that there were those back in those days that really

07:30didn't think, girl, I'll be elected to that particular office. But they made a decision

07:36based on what they saw in those interviews and in the application, and they made the

07:41decision they thought was right at the time. And in the process, they didn't just make

07:48FFA history by electing a girl state president. They opened doors for young women in the FFA

07:54in Tennessee that women are still enjoying to this day. In all the years that I've known

08:01John, I've always admired his approach to things. He thinks before he speaks or acts.

08:09He does his homework. He considers options, and he evaluates all opportunities. He's honest.

08:17Even when sometimes you don't want to hear his honesty. And when I was an ag teacher,

08:22I heard that a time or two. He makes decisions that aren't just good decisions. He makes

08:27appropriately right decisions. His decisions to become a servant to Tennessee by running

08:34for elected office was one that I know was made with a great deal of thought, prayer,

08:40and conversations with his wife, Chelsea. And by the way, John, if you can hear me,

08:45I think Chelsea was one of the smartest decisions the man ever made. Together, John and Chelsea

08:53Rose love several things. They love each other. They love those boys. They love their family.

09:00They love God. Not necessarily all that in that order. They love our state, and they

09:05love this great nation. What an honor it is for Tim and I to say that we consider them

09:11to be both dear and faithful friends of ours, and to join with all of you in supporting

09:17John and Chelsea as he again offers himself in servant leadership to the great state of

09:24Tennessee.

09:32Please welcome Jamie Hartfield.

09:41Thank you. Thank you. What a privilege. What an honor to be here. As our voice just said,

09:49I am Jamie Hartfield. I'm an attorney from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and I bring you great

09:54greetings from where all the red buds and the cherry blossoms are happening and fiercely

10:00blooming to great beauty and causing great havoc with my nasal passages. So my wife said,

10:08don't, just be careful with your nose when you're up there. So I'm here with a little

10:14bit of a disclaimer. So it's just a pleasure and an honor. Thank you, John. Thank you,

10:17Chelsea, for having me here. I know everyone has said that, but it's so true. You know,

10:21I've known John for over 30 years now, and I first knew John as a co-laborer at the law

10:28firm that I worked at in Chattanooga. I was a couple of years ahead of John, and when

10:32he came out of Vanderbilt Law School after going and getting his ag degree, he made his

10:36way over to Chattanooga to work with a pretty prestigious law firm. I happened to be a part

10:40of that and had a chance to work with John and watch him grow as a young lawyer into

10:44an incredibly successful business lawyer in a short amount of time, leading cases and

10:50leading clients and taking full advantage of his wisdom that God had given him in a

10:54short period of time. So I was surprised when just a few years into his practice, he came

10:59to me one day and said, Jamie, I'm thinking of leaving this law firm. And I was like,

11:05first of all, why would you ever do that? And he said, well, the first reason is I feel

11:09like I've got an opportunity and I want to take an opportunity to lead, to leave the

11:13unknown, to leave the safety and the security of what I've established here and what I have

11:18and go back closer to home and do something and see if I can make something happen in

11:23the business world and for others that I haven't and I won't be able to do as a lawyer in Chattanooga.

11:28And I said, well, John, that's that's crazy. Why would you do that? This is an incredible

11:32law firm and you have an incredible future here. And he said, yeah, I appreciate that,

11:36but I need to do it. And so I was incredibly proud of John. I was envious of John, actually,

11:41to be able to put something so stable and so secure and had such a great future to walk

11:47away from that without any promise of the future. So what he walked into was a small

11:52software firm in Nashville, had two people, I think maybe three, John went to work with

11:58as an owner and as president of this fledgling company, a software company in Nashville,

12:03that would go on to become one of the largest deliverers of technology space and building

12:09of curriculum for those that were looking to become Microsoft software credential. And

12:15that space grew from three employees to about 50 employees. And it was a few years later

12:19that John called and asked if our now smaller firm that I had now joined would represent

12:23him and represent their company. And we were glad to do so. And then it was only a few

12:27years after that that John called back and said, hey, just wanted to ask you, Jamie,

12:31we've been approached by one of the largest companies in our space, in this technology

12:35space, and they want to acquire our business. Do you think I made the right decision? And

12:40I said, you know what, John, I think you did. Because at that moment, he was able to, in

12:44a very short period of time, I think with the blessings and the hand of God upon him

12:48and his team, to build this very small company into a very large and very successful company.

12:53And he did it with great integrity. And I remember at the closing table before we left

12:57and signed all the papers that we were dealing with lawyers from New York and L.A. and Miami

13:01and fighting all this incredible intellect and power. And John said, I will not leave

13:06the company until I have a clear path for my employees, that they have a place to land,

13:11there's a runway, there's a place for them to see that they have a future. And when we

13:16have that done, then we can sign. And we signed. And it was then in the ensuing 20 years that

13:22I got to know John as a friend. I've got to visit his farm. I've got to meet with his

13:26dad. His dad used to cut me up wieners on the iron grill. We'd come in from working

13:32in the dirt, and there'd be my boy, and he would have a hot dog bun and some slivered

13:36wieners out there, and he'd just fry them up and visit with us and tell us stories from

13:39times past. And we'd sit on the front porch and watch the beautiful river flow out in

13:44front of us. It was a great time, great memories there at the farm. But for as long as I've

13:49known John, I've known him, whether as a lawyer, as a former Christian businessman, as a congressman,

13:57I've always known him to be an incredibly hard worker. I would stay up until 10 o'clock

14:02working on those documents. John would still be there at 12 midnight. We did that for years

14:06together. And so then I saw him in those capacities, but I also saw him in a unique role that I

14:11didn't have and I didn't see many people have, which was as a warrior, a warrior leader.

14:16And it's different from being a fighter. He was a warrior leader because he always knew

14:20that there were certain things in this life worth fighting for that actually must be fought

14:25for. And so when I heard that John was tossing his hat into the ring to become the next great

14:31governor of the great state of Tennessee, when I heard that, I said, you know what,

14:35here's the placard. And I didn't see it anywhere out here, and I didn't steal it from anyone

14:38else. It just simply says, Tennessee, worth fighting for. And that's what John brings

14:43to the table. John's taught me about the need to fight for the institution of marriage in

14:48our country, the need to fight for our farms, fight for our resources, to fight for our

14:54freedoms and our friendships, to fight for speech, and most of all, to fight for the

14:59hearts and the futures of Tennesseans and Tennesseans' children and children's children.

15:05And that's what's on John's heart. So after working with someone for over 30 years,

15:11and it gives you a pretty good opportunity to look and to see how they really are in

15:16the good times and in the bad times. And what I've learned from John is that he does not

15:20talk values. He doesn't talk about them. He lives them. Day in, day out. The young lady

15:26that spoke before me was just saying that, that it's honesty, it's truthfulness, it's

15:30integrity, it's humility. It's not provocation and bitterness. It's simply walking in humility

15:38and the giftedness that he's been given. And so if you may have heard the old saying that

15:43in answer to prayer, God is seldom early, he's never late, he's right on time, and he's

15:51just in time. And I believe that John shares that attribute with our father. He is right

15:56on time and just in time, and he's very seldom early, and many people that have worked with

16:00him will say he's not late either. But in that, both in his work and also in his pursuit

16:06and his decision to come forward at this time and pursue the governorship of Tennessee,

16:12I believe this moment, this great challenge, is absolutely a call on John's life. And I

16:20believe that he, his wonderful wife Chelsea, and the boys are willing to step up at this

16:25time and answer that call. So John's willingness to once again leave the known for the unknown,

16:32I believe is one of the great marks of a leader. And as I see John today again as a warrior

16:39leader for Tennessee, and in these very uncertain times, it's what we need. He's not just a

16:45street fighter. There are any number of those in Washington, D.C. If you just watch the

16:51news, if you just get the video of the ladies jumping up and down ready to fight and pick

16:57a fight. But it's not about bickering or provoking or clamoring or fighting, just to be heard

17:02it's for something that's really at stake. Not to be having your own voices heard, to

17:09be that street fighter. But what Tennessee needs, and I believe John brings, is a leader

17:13who is grounded in faith, he's grounded in knowledge, wisdom, and experience. That's

17:20John Rhodes, our warrior leader, someone who brings judgment. That's the distinction. It's

17:26the wisdom. It's the discernment. It's the understanding. It's the counselors that you

17:30surround yourself with that make you a great leader, and I think ready for the fight that

17:36our state and our country needs. And don't think that it won't be an intense fight. It

17:41absolutely will be a battle to be sure, but I believe it's one that's worth fighting for.

17:45And seeing all the people out here standing in this cold weather and the rain that's coming

17:49around, you believe it as well, and you believe that John Rhodes is the man of the hour. And

17:53I believe that that's the courage and the passion and the commitment we need for the

17:56next governorship in Tennessee, and I believe in the heart of hearts that John Rhodes is

18:01that man for this hour. Thank you.

18:06Please welcome Philip Baker.

18:11Well, I'm excited to be here. This is a great day, and I'm pleased to be able to introduce

18:18to you our friend and someone we've all come here to celebrate and encourage today. I have

18:24had the pleasure of knowing John for many, many years, and we both had the unique opportunity

18:30to grow up in the similar kind of circumstances. We both grew up on a farm, on a family farm,

18:36a family dairy and tobacco farm about 15 miles apart in Smith County. I think there are some

18:42lessons that we can learn on the farm, and many of you know these lessons that John learned,

18:47that I learned, and so I want to share those lessons with you today, some lessons that

18:50John learned on the farm. First of all, he learned that the hard job has to be done,

18:57and many of us know that, that on the farm not all jobs are fun, and some jobs are hard.

19:03The hard job has to be done, and he knows that. And growing up on a tobacco farm, he

19:09occasionally with his siblings and his dad had to get out there, and you know, if there's

19:14weeds in the row, you can till those, but if there's weeds between the plants, you have

19:18to get out with your garden hoe, and you have to cut those, chop those out. Well, when

19:23you, when you do that job, he learned another lesson, and that lesson is you hoe the row

19:29to the end. If you start the job, you finish the job, and so that's a lesson that he learned.

19:35Another lesson he learned, chopping that tobacco, is that occasionally you might get maybe a

19:40little, a row that's got fewer weeds, and you might get maybe a little further ahead

19:45than someone beside of you, and so you need to stop and help your neighbor, and he would

19:51do that, his siblings, his dad, and maybe they would stop and help him, so he learned

19:54that lesson. So you couple these lessons with his character traits, they make for a great

20:00combination. So character traits like being a great Christian, and the fact that the Lord

20:06is central to who he is. The fact that he is a devoted family man, that he is a proud

20:13father, and he is honored to be Chelsea's husband. He is a conservative. He didn't become

20:21a conservative, it's not what he became, it's what he's always been, a conservative, and

20:27he's the proud son of the state of Tennessee. 1790 is when his family made the trip up the

20:34Caney Fork and up the Smith Fork Creek to be on the farm that he's on today. He's as

20:39Tennessee as you could possibly be, and so he's going to take these lessons, he's going

20:45to take these character traits, and he's going to work hard for us because he knows the hard

20:49jobs have to be done. He knows that you have to hoe the road to the end, and he's going

20:54to hoe the road not just to August of 26, but to January of 35, his last day of his

21:00second term, and he also knows that he needs to help others along the way, and so I could

21:08not be more proud and honored to introduce to you my friend, your friend, our neighbor,

21:14a great son of this state, and our next governor of the state of Tennessee, John Rose.

21:38On behalf of my wife, Chelsea, and our two sons, Guy and Sam, thank you for being with

22:02us today. You honor us with your presence. Today, as a grateful descendant of fearful

22:09Tennessee pioneers, and as an eighth-generation farmer, I humbly announce my candidacy for

22:17governor of the state of Tennessee. In 1790, first-generation Americans, John and Ann Lancaster

22:33came to what is now Tennessee. They came to claim a Revolutionary War grant, sight unseen.

22:42Not knowing what was ahead of them, they and their 11 children packed up everything

22:48they had and made their way to the banks of what is now called the Caney Fork River. Together,

22:57they built a home and started a farm. The Lancasters were the first in my family to

23:03call Tennessee home. For those pioneers who traveled west, this place where we stand today

23:12was a mystery waiting to be unraveled, with plenty of danger and boundless opportunities.

23:23Day by day and year by year, those Tennesseans who came before us told and dedicated themselves

23:30to this land. They did so with a commitment to the next generation. One generation would

23:38pass a better Tennessee on to the next, generation to generation. In the midst of the struggle

23:46and the toll that brought us to today, there have been countless dreams realized and many

23:53others shattered. Unforgettable triumphs and unimaginable losses. There has been joy

24:03and there has been great pain. Blood, sweat, and tears formed this state for many years

24:11and with many hands of all colors, of all origins, both men and women, as individuals,

24:20as families, as communities, we have overcome every obstacle before us. The great Tennesseans

24:29before us rejected a tyrannical monarchy and helped to form a new nation. They saved Texas

24:37at the Alamo, endured a civil war, and defended our country through world wars. They overcame

24:45sickness and disease. They survived an economic depression and near starvation. Life was not

24:53always as easy as it is for us today, but through faith, we persevered. We have always

25:02been a people with tremendous faith in God. Unshakable, unyielding faith. In fact, millions

25:12of hours have been spent in faithful prayer by generations of Tennesseans, people who

25:19boldly asked for this state to prosper. God heard their prayers and we have indeed prospered.

25:28Because of the people who came before us, who chose to push past their fears and instead

25:37embrace hope, Tennessee is special and unique. Tennessee is as legendary as its people. President

25:47Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, Sergeant Alvin C. York, Anne Dallas Dudney, Alex Haley,

25:56Minnie Pearl, Pat Summitt, and of course the incomparable Dolly Parton. They aren't the

26:03only Tennessee legends though. My dad was a legend to me. How many sons and daughters

26:12would say the same? He never held the nuclear football, but he held me. He patiently taught

26:20me things like how to put up a fence, how to milk a cow, how to drive a tractor. He

26:27took me to meetings at the co-op and the Farm Bureau and when he worked at what is now Farm

26:32Credit Services, he took me to his office. I learned at his feet, literally. He made

26:39time for me and impacted me in legendary ways. My mom was a public school teacher and I'm

26:48the youngest of her four children. At the point I came along, she was a full-time mother

26:53and homemaker. She used her years of expertise to teach me the alphabet and how to write.

27:02She spawned me to learn and achieve, which led me to self-belief. Her belief in me opened

27:10my imagination and broadened my definition of what was possible in life. Betty Rose and

27:18Tennessee mothers all across her are legends in my book. My grandmother lost my grandfather

27:27abruptly and unexpectedly in 1974. That could have been the end of our family farm

27:35legacy, but she rolled up her sleeves and kept the farm going for twenty years after

27:41his death. It's because of her that I get the chance to live and farm on that same land.

27:49Mama Rose is a legend to me. Even today, there are people in this crowd who stood with me

27:58in the fight to save our Tennessee State Fair. Because of you, we proudly stand here at the

28:06home of the Wilson County Tennessee State Fair, a wonderful celebration of all that

28:12makes Tennessee great. The volunteer spirit runs in our blood and just as much so in our

28:24adopted Tennesseans who are new to our state. We live in the greatest state, in the greatest

28:31nation in the history of the world. People come from all around, from California, from New York,

28:39and everywhere in between to be a part of what we have here in Tennessee. We know why they come

28:47here. What we have here is special. Our heritage is one of faith and perseverance. We never back

28:57down from our beliefs and we always stand up for what's right. Our people, our faith, our strength,

29:05and our determination, that is our heritage. Tennessee's heritage should not be left in the

29:17past though. It should live in our future. It's up to us to maintain the character of this great

29:25state and to grow wisely. Tennessee's children deserve great schools and parents deserve a

29:35seat at the table. In this state, we reject the notion that where a person starts in life is where

29:42they must finish. No, it is through learning that children from all circumstances have a chance to

29:50realize their American dream. At school, the door for opportunity is open to all and we have

29:59thousands of dedicated teachers across this state who put in the extra time and do whatever it takes

30:06to deliver for their students in every classroom, every day. I love our Tennessee teachers and it's

30:14why as governor I promise to appoint a commissioner of education who has Tennessee teaching experience.

30:22In Tennessee, we need well-maintained and sufficient roadways. The roads aren't cheap,

30:34they aren't built quickly, and they are costly to maintain. We have to agree collectively that

30:42potholes and traffic jams in our state are old news. As governor, I will lead the effort to

30:49make sure that all interstates in Tennessee are at least eight lanes and to have four lane

30:56highways to every county seat in Tennessee. Better roads means a better way of life for

31:06every Tennessean. Tennesseans also need access to quality health care, including mental health

31:14care. When emergencies occur, we don't want life-saving care to be out of reach. When a

31:21loved one is diagnosed with a disease, we don't want them to have to travel several hours round

31:27trip to receive care. As governor, I promise to do everything in my power to ensure that no

31:34Tennessean is more than 30 minutes away from emergency medical care and that I will work

31:40tirelessly to make sure health care is available in every county in Tennessee.

31:46We want all Tennesseans to live long and healthy lives and reduce unnecessary hardship for those

31:59individuals and families who are facing health issues. If Tennessee is going to be as prosperous

32:07in the next 228 years as we have been for the first, we have to be a national leader in reliable

32:15and abundant energy. All energy sources must be on the table, but Tennessee can be a leader in

32:24nuclear power. As governor, I promise Tennessee will never see California brownouts and instead

32:32we will charge forward in nuclear energy development. More energy equals more jobs

32:39and more opportunity for Tennessee. But most of all, I'm passionate about Tennesseans. I want

32:51to protect the innocent unborn by working with our conservative state legislature in taking every

32:58possible measure to always protect life in Tennessee. And I will work daily to support

33:09our vulnerable children with a responsive and capable Department of Children's Services. And

33:15following in the footsteps of Governor Lee, I want to see Tennessee as a national leader when it

33:22comes to making adoption attainable for Tennessee families. And I will stand for Second Amendment

33:32rights of every Tennessean by supporting the recognition of constitutional carry in our state.

33:38Our constitutional rights are given by God and secured by man and I promise to always keep and

33:50defend our Constitution. When discussing possible solutions to our present challenges, I remain

34:02committed to doing things the Tennessee way, putting high value on the continuation of our

34:09rich heritage and placing emphasis on our limitless Tennessee future. Washington DC's

34:16values are not our values. We are fiercely independent and we plan on keeping it that way.

34:23President Trump is shrinking the federal government and reducing bureaucracy and he's

34:33giving power back to the states. We helped put President Trump back in office so he could end

34:44the DC power trip. He's getting the job done and as governor I'll stand with him just as I have

34:53since his first election in 2016. Like President Trump, I got my start as an entrepreneur, an idea

35:05that was born with a fellow Vanderbilt Law School student turned into a small business and leading

35:12countless Tennessee jobs. We got our start on Louise Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee in a small

35:19apartment. We moved on from there to the Nashville Business Incubation Center and eventually moved

35:25into our own office along the Cumberland River in Nashville's Metro Center. We worked day and

35:31night to sell our product, IT training software. There were three day spans almost weekly when I

35:38would hardly nap as I burned the candle at both ends. Together my partner and I and the team that

35:45we assembled made a successful business right here in Tennessee. You see I know that anything

35:57is achievable in Tennessee because I have lived it. Now I'm asking for you to give me the chance

36:04to help bring opportunity to all Tennesseans. Our family will be visiting every Tennessee

36:12county several times over this campaign and as we do so we ask for your prayers,

36:19we ask for your ideas, we ask for your input and today I ask for your vote for governor of Tennessee.

John Rose Announces 2026 Bid To Become Governor Of Tennessee

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