Former 'Amazing Race' contestant to run as Democrat for U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn's seat [View all]
Justin Kanew, a film writer and producer from Williamson County and past contestant on the television show "The Amazing Race," says he's running as a Democrat in 2018 for the seat held by U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee.
It's a long-shot bid in Tennessee's heavily Republican 7th Congressional District.
But Kanew said he feels driven to step up in the ongoing battle over health care to fight the alternative proposal pushed by President Donald Trump to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
"It's a cruel bill and we need as many people as possible in Congress that are are willing to fight against something like this," he said of Republicans' alternative health care plan. "This is exactly the kind of thing that shows there are people putting corporations and the wealthy ahead of the people of Tennessee."
Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/07/02/justin-kanew-election-marsha-blackburn-2018/442605001/
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