U.S. Sen. Bob Corker may or may not be contemplating a run after all, but the most recent FEC filings make one thing clear — some of the state's biggest GOP donors don't want U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn as their new senator.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press got a hold of former U.S Rep. Stephen Fincher's most recent FEC filings (which are not yet online, because the Senate refuses to succumb to technology), and Jim Haslam, Gov. Bill Haslam's father, and his wife Natalie have maxed out donations to Fincher's campaign for a total of $10,800, among other prominent donors:
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