Van Hilleary, a former congressman turned Capitol Hill staffer, has entered the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 6th District, which Rep. John W. Rose, his boss until very recently, is vacating to run for governor.
“We have a nation worth fighting for and I am ready to protect our shared Tennessee values in Washington D.C.,” Hilleary said on social media Friday, when he kicked off his campaign with an event in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin.
Hilleary, who became Rose’s chief of staff in 2019, was introduced by the incumbent at Friday’s event, the Tennessee Lookout reported.
