The mayor gets the endorsement from the congressman: United States Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. endorsed Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam for the Republican nomination for Governor as Haslam opened his campaign's new Knoxville office on Kingston Pike.

Haslam also announced Duncan as his campaign's Honorary Campaign Co-Chairman, joining former Sen. Howard Baker. The announcement comes days after Haslam opened his Memphis campaign office flanked by Shelby County District Attorney General Bill Gibbons' former statewide campaign chairman, David Kustoff, now a statewide co-chair of Haslam's campaign.

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