Sen Corker Won't Seek Re-election, Rep Blackburn Expresses Interest in Seat

Sen Bob Corker (R-TN), chairman of the influential Foreign Relations Committee, will not seek re-election in 2018. He is the first senator to announce retirement plans ahead of 2018's election cycle. "I believe the most important public service I have to offer our country could well occur over the next 15 months," Sen Corker said, "and I want to be able to do that as thoughtfully and independently as I did the first 10 years and nine months of my Senate career." Minutes after learning that Sen Corker won’t seek reelection, House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said she’s considering running for his Senate seat in 2018. “Yes,” Blackburn said when asked if she's taking a look at the Senate race.