Tennessee’s two Republican gubernatorial candidates are taking different tacks on campaign funding with a year to go until the primary election.

U.S. Rep. John Rose of Cookeville gave his campaign a $5 million personal loan and has raised $1.1 million in a state account to gear up for the race. Most of those donations came from Tennessee residents.

In contrast, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Franklin hasn’t filed reports yet with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance to open an account, even after announcing her candidacy in early August. But she has plenty of name recognition after nearly three decades in the Tennessee Legislature, U.S. House and Senate.

Rose, who lives in Cookeville but often talks about his family farm in Temperance, is a former Tennessee agriculture commissioner

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