Bredesen seeks votes from women in Tennessee Senate race

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn could make history by becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee.

She is running against Democrat Phil Bredesen, a former Tennessee governor who says he always has been very interested in seeing women get ahead.

But, he adds, that doesn't mean Blackburn deserves to automatically win their closely-watched contest to fill the seat left open by outgoing Republican Sen. Bob Corker.

Bredesen's camp announced this week the launch of the "Women United for Bredesen" group. The campaign-within-a-campaign aims to highlight issues important to women, such has health care costs for their families.