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Businessman Bill Lee Wins Tenn. GOP Primary For Governor

Matt Markgraf
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WKMS

Businessman Bill Lee has won a bruising Republican primary for Tennessee governor.

Lee topped U.S. Rep. Diane Black, ex-state economic development commissioner Randy Boyd and state House Speaker Beth Harwell in a race that cost more than $45 million. Much of that money came from the candidates themselves.

The candidates painted themselves as the most devoted to President Donald Trump and his tough-on-immigration priorities. They questioned each other's allegiance to the president and his policies.

Lee called himself the race's only conservative outsider and focused heavily on his Christian beliefs.

He ran ads saying attacking him isn't what a leader does and some people will say or do anything to get elected.

Lee heads his family's mechanical contracting, facilities and home services firm.

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