TN Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who became heroes as members of the so-called “Tennessee Three,” are hoping to once again reclaim their legislative seats after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor.
FILE - Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, left, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speak to reporters outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. Pearson and Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the so-called Tennessee Three, are hoping to once again reclaim their legislative seats Thursday, Aug.
Jones and Pearson were elected to the GOP-dominated Statehouse last year. Both lawmakers flew relatively under the radar, even as they criticized their Republican colleagues' policies. It wasn't until this spring that their political careers received a boost when they joined fellow Democrat Rep. Gloria Johnson in a protest for more gun control on the House floor.at a private Christian school where a shooter killed three children and three adults.
The expulsions drew national support for the newly dubbed “Tennessee Three,” especially for Pearson and Jones' campaign fundraising. The two raised more thanthrough about 70,400 campaign donations from across the country. The amount is well beyond the norm for Tennessee's Republican legislative leaders and virtually unheard of for two freshman Democrats in a superminority.
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