Member of 'Tennessee Three' set to challenge Marsha Blackburn for her Senate seat

[littlemissmartypants]

Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ set to challenge Marsha Blackburn for her Senate seat
Ally Mutnick
Fri, July 21, 2023 at 3:23 PM EDT·3 min read

https://news.yahoo.com/member-tennessee-three-set-challenge-192329074.html

A member of the so-called “Tennessee Three,” the state lawmakers who were rebuked for protesting gun violence in their Capitol, is preparing an uphill run against Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).

State Rep. Gloria Johnson is eyeing a mid-August launch for a Senate campaign, according to two people familiar with her plans who were not authorized to confirm them. Johnson has already spoken with officials from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and EMILY’s List, a pro-abortion rights group, and has begun to assemble a campaign team.

Johnson, 61, and her colleagues, state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, caught national attention when they staged a demonstration advocating for stricter gun control laws after three students and three employees were killed during a Nashville elementary school shooting earlier this year. Pearson and Jones, who are Black, were booted from the Statehouse but quickly reinstated by their respective local councils. Johnson, who is white, escaped expulsion by one vote.
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In a brief interview, Johnson said that she was considering a run and that she would probably make a final decision this summer.

“I’m taking a serious look at the race and having conversations with folks that are hungry for better leadership in Washington,” she said. “Honestly, Tennesseans deserve someone who will stand up to corrupt special interests, fight for lower costs so that every family can build a good life and that's not Marsha Blackburn.”

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[RandySF]

1. Good luck to her but I am going to pass.

Any TN money should be spent callenging the state and federal legislative maps.

[True Blue American]

2. Until you get rid

Of people like Blackburn you will never get that. Have you ever listened to her ignorance on the Senate floor?

[RandySF]

3. She's not going away in 2024

Especially not in a presidential year. The best way to keep her out a chairmanship is to help our incumbents get re-election plus winning Arizona and MAYBE Texas. let's not get people ginned up to send their limited funds to a money pit.

[riversedge]

4. I read @marshaBlackburns tweets--they are ugly, lies, vindictive

[True Blue American]

5. Matsha was the same as a Congress person,

But having spent a great deal of time in Tennessee The Republican mind set of Musice Coty seems to rule.
Much like my State where most came from Ky., Tennessee, West Virginia and the south the mentality lives on.

[paleotn]

6. Good luck with that.

We're as likely to take a Senate seat in Wyoming or Nebraska as Tennessee. Gloria Johnson, while wonderful, has little chance in a state where most voters agree with Blackburn. It's a cesspool. No other way around it and I grew up in that state.