The newly drawn district attracted a crowded field of candidates vying to represent part of the Nashville area. Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.
“He owes everything to them, and I don’t think that’s right for the people of middle Tennessee,” she said.
For his part, while Ogles said that while, “of course you can’t coordinate, you can’t communicate,” his campaign made a strategic decision to encourage outside support.
He said that strategy allowed him and his campaign to focus more on the “grassroots” effort in Tennessee.
State Sen. Heidi Campbell ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. She has raised significantly less than the leading GOP candidates, per FEC reports.
This story has been updated with CNN’s projection in the race.
CNN’s Ethan Cohen, Melissa DePalo, Clara Grudberg, Nicholas Anastacio, Gabby Orr and Alex Rogers contributed to this report.
