Rep. Fleischmann & DesJarlais easily win Republican primaries

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Latest on Tennessee’s primary election:

Incumbent Chuck Fleischmann is the winner of the Republican primary in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District.

Fleischmann is seeking his fifth term in the House. District 3 winds its way from the Kentucky state line in northeast Tennessee to Chattanooga in the south.

Fleischmann, of Ooltewah, held a massive fundraising lead over the three Republicans who were trying to unseat him.

He faces Danielle Mitchell of Hixson in the general election on Nov. 6. Mitchell is a doctor from Hixson.

The general election is Nov. 6.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Latest on Tennessee’s primary election:

Incumbent Scott DesJarlais has won the Republican primary in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District.

DesJarlais is seeking his fifth term in Congress in the district that includes the Nashville suburb of Smyrna, the city of Murfreesboro and several southeast Tennessee counties.

A physician who now opposes abortion rights, he has faced a series of personal scandals that included affairs with patients, urging a mistress to seek an abortion and once holding a gun in his mouth for hours outside his ex-wife’s room.

DesJarlais is among 11 members of the House who have filed articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein oversees Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

DesJarlais faces Democrat Mariah Phillips in the Nov. 6 election.