The FBI is now investigating letters sent to a number of Tennessee Republicans containing a suspicious white powder.

This comes just days after several Kansas Republicans were sent similar letters. State Senator Virgil Peck, one of the Republicans in Kansas to receive a letter, says he opened his in his car.

Peck says he took his letter to the Caney Police Department.  Over 100 letters were received in Kansas, with Representatives Ron Bryce and Doug Blex also receiving them. Once the investigation expanded beyond Kansas the FBI took over. The number of letters received in Tennessee is unknown at this time.