Emily Cochrane

Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.

Mr. Ogles, a two-term congressman, had held off primary threats before, despite controversy. But on Thursday, Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, delivered an upset.

Tennessee’s primary elections on Thursday came after Republican legislators carved up the state’s only majority-Black district in a bid to win all nine of the state’s House seats.

One of the planned executions, in Tennessee, comes months after the state called off the execution of another inmate when medical staff could not find a vein for the lethal injection.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Three states plan to execute inmates Thursday, in what would be the first time in more than a decade that three people on death row are killed on the same day.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Oklahoma became the first of three states to execute an inmate Thursday using lethal injection, in what would be the first time in more than a decade that three people on death row are killed on the same day.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee and Oklahoma each executed an inmate Thursday morning using lethal injection. If a third execution, in Alabama, is carried out as scheduled, it would be the first time in more than a decade that three people on death row are killed on the same day.

TROY, Ala. — Doug Jones, a former senator, and Shomari Figures, a current but endangered representative, have been here before in Alabama.

Emily Cochrane Dolly Parton, a beloved Tennessee native, stayed connected to her roots through music, philanthropy, and projects like Dollywood, deeply impacting her home state.

Before she became a country music icon, Dolly Parton belonged to Tennessee.