SOME OF Y’ALL WERE TRYING TO GET ME TO RUN FOR LAMAR ALEXANDER’S SEAT, BUT EVEN BILL HASLAM DOESN’T WANT THE JOB: BREAKING: Former Governor Bill Haslam Will Not Run for U.S. Senate. “Vanderbilt surgeon Manni Sethi has already announced his candidacy, but he is an inexperienced candidate with little public record and uncertain funding. Two heavy hitters have been mentioned as possible candidates for the Republican nomination: Bill Hagerty, currently the U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07), who succeeded Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the Congressional seat that stretches from Clarksville to Franklin.”