Inside Politics begins a 5 week project to introduce you to the candidates who would like to be your U.S. Representative for TN-07. We offered all Democrat and Republican candidates the opportunity to sit down with Ben Hall for an interview before the Special Election Primary. By random drawing after the interviews were completed, we present the first 3 candidate's interviews on Friday, August 22.

Republican Jody Barrett, Democrat Darden Hunter Copeland and Republican Tres Wittum are our guests on this show.

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Congressman John Rose, US Representative for TN Dist. 6 is our guest. After 6 1/2 years at the capitol hill, he is running for governor in 2026. Inside Politics host Ben Hall asks him about his campaign strategy and how the entrance of Marsha Blackburn will affect the race. Rose says that the job of governor is like being the CEO of the state of Tennessee. He says his experience building businesses, managing companies and hiring people will help him to achieve goals and objectives. He feels a business background is best for the office of governor. Rose also answers questions about debating Marsha Blackburn and his support from and to President Trump. He brings up the Jan. 6th storming of the capitol and his unwavering stance about not certifying the 2020 election. Rose also gives his thoughts about school voucher data, balancing the loss of federal Medicaid money and the State/Nashville relationship.

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What are the state comptroller duties and how do they affect the state or a city's budget? How is he involved with state universities and big private industry projects? Jason Mumpower is Tennessee's Comptroller of the Treasury and is our guest on this episode of Inside Politics.

He voted in favor to lease The Boring Company state land for free underneath SR41 Murfreesboro Pike. He talks about the project costing taxpayers free or low cost. He visited the Las Vegas loop in March to learn about the Boring Company. What about the rates, timeline and future expansion of the Nashville project?

Host Ben Hall also asks Mumpower about TSU's financial situation and the rebuilding of TSU with new trustees and a signed MOU with President Tucker. What is his advice about TSU's properties off campus?

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