Mitch Scanlon is the Republican Governor of Tennessee. During the 2016 Primary Election, Frank Underwood weaponized the FBI to engage in voter suppression in Ohio and Tennessee in an effort to swing the election. Deputy Director Nathan Green is dispatched to inform the Governor that there was a significant threat of terrorist activity in his state. Underwood used reverse psychology to pressure Scanlon into declaring a state of emergency and closing the polls in Tennessee, effectively ensuring that the election would not be called on election night.