Senator Blackburn dug for information about state appointments before dropping inquiry

On Tuesday, Gubernatorial candidate U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn abruptly withdrew a legal threat against the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance over records regarding board appointments.
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