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Progressive Council member Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville Mayor’s race
With Thursday’s elections, a majority of Nashville’s metro council will also be female.
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Rep. Gloria Johnson of ‘Tennessee Three’ officially launches 2024 Senate campaign
Johnson would have to survive a Democratic Primary before taking on incumbent Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
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GOP silences ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts
The crowd, which included gun control advocates urging change in a Special Session after a deadly Nashville school shooting in March, shouted ‘fascists’ and ‘racists.’
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Judge temporarily blocks new Tennessee House Republican ban on signs
‘The Tennessee House’s ban on silently holding signs in House galleries directly undermines Tennesseans’ First Amendment right to express their opinions on issues that affect them and their families.’
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Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ makes move toward 2024 Senate bid
The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to a statewide office since 2006.
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Tennessee Governor outlines agenda for Special Session in wake of Nashville school shooting
Earlier this year, Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Statehouse refused to consider tightening the state’s relaxed gun laws.
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Both expelled members of ‘Tennessee Three’ win back their state House seats
Thursday’s election came as lawmakers are preparing to return to Nashville later this month for a Special Session to address possibly changing the state’s gun control laws.
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2 members of expelled ‘Tennessee Three’ vie to win back their legislative seats
‘You can’t expel a movement!’
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In backlash over their expulsions, 2 Tennessee Democratic lawmakers raised $2M combined
GOP leaders said the expulsion actions — used only a handful times since the Civil War — were necessary to avoid setting bad precedent.
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After Republicans expelled him, campaign for Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson says he raised $860K
Had Republican lawmakers left the two young Black lawmakers in office, they would’ve been banned from raising cash because a Legislative Session was ongoing.