John Rich endorses longtime friend Jody Barrett for Tennessee House seat

Rien Rich artist John Rich is “Roline” in the upcoming Tennessee elections with his own support for a main racing of the Republican Party.

Rich, who forms half of the iconic duo “Big & Rich”, has been a campaign for a long time, the state deputy Judy Barrett, where he runs to replace former head of the Internal Security Committee, Mark Green, in the seventh congress area in Tennessee.

“I knew Judy, I believe in it or not, since we are the elderly high school together. We have already graduated from the same high school,” Rich told Fox News Digital in an interview.

“We have been in contact, we have remained intimate friends. But in the past four or five years, Judy was a delegate in Tennessee. Thus, the issues that were taking place in Tennessee existential and we will join the forces, diversify from the inside of the political world, and I stand abroad with a truly large platform and a large audience.

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Barrett is one of 10 Republicans running to replace Al -Akhdar on October 7.

The general elections are scheduled to be held on December 2. But in the deep seventh province, which President Donald Trump won by more than 20 points in 2024, the winner of the Republican Party’s introductory elections will appear.

Barrett, along with the deputy of the state, Jino Polso, the state deputy, Lee Reeves, and former Public Services Commissioner in Tennessee, Matt van Epsa, the only Republican who called for a discussion of their nomination earlier this week by Americans to flourish Tennessee, according to Tennessee Live.

Rich Fox News Design told that in addition to appearing alongside Barrett in the campaign events, he also promoted the Conservative Council in the hope of Yarmb himself.

“I have already done the president’s text messages several times about Judy.” I said, “You want this man in Congress,” Rich said. I mean, this is one of your comrades. “And so I hope President Trump may be weighing in this race.”

He added, however, it is possible for Trump to remain out of support even after the end of the preliminary elections.

The seventh congressional County Candidate Judy Barrett speaks during a political forum on September 8, 2025, in Dixon, Tin. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Barrett Trump has supported a wide range of issues, although he launched significantly from the President’s Covid-19 vaccine initiative, and called the Warp Speed, during a discussion on Monday night.

“We have millions of Americans who are now wounded, and they are dealing with the results of this vaccine state,” said Barrett at the time.

However, Rich said that Barrett is linked to the Republicans in Tennessee, and praised him to create the goals and decisions of the Republican Party in the country.

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“What I love the real conservatives, will we call people in our party if we think they are making a mistake, if they are on the wrong way, “while on the left, they fall into a queue and do everything they were told every time. Judy has proven that he will defend what his people want.”

He said in another stage of the interview, “It is legitimate. I mean, we start talking about the shape of a conservative? It is this man. Once, when you knew someone since you were 17 years old, and now you are in the early fifties, and they are the same man, this is very rare.”

Mark Green, head of the Humland Security Committee at the time, speaks at the Capitol in Washington on January 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Barrett has also been relied upon by the Freedom Fund in the House of Representatives, the political arm of the Freedom Assembly in the House of Representatives.

“Judy Barrett conservative’s powerful driving record, not only stands in front of the Democrats, but also his party when Rinos goes out of the line, is exactly what the Freedom Fund is looking for in a candidate,” said Alison Wessenberger of the Fox News Digital box.

Barrett told himself Fox News Digital that he was “honored” with Rich’s support.

“John Ric is my life friend, a proud Tennessee, a rural music legend and one of the most powerful supporters of President Trump in our state. His support means a lot, because he was never afraid to speak the truth and defend conservative values.”