Tennessee
‘Run, Gloria, Run!’ Tennessee Three Democrat Urged to Challenge Sen. Blackburn in 2024
Politico‘s Friday reporting that one of the “Tennessee Three”—Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson—is considering a run next year for the seat held by GOP U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn generated excitement across the Volunteer State and throughout the country.
Welcoming the “amazing news” that the Democrat may try to challenge the first-term Republican, Victor Shi, the youngest elected delegate for President Joe Biden in 2020, tweeted that “Tennessee deserves so much better than Marsha.”
Johnson, who represents District 90, “is a friend, she has fought time and time again for Gen Z and young people (as both a teacher and state rep.),” Shi added. “She is the perfect person to be the next U.S. senator from Tennessee.”
Kyle Tharp of the newsletter FWIW simply said, “Run, Gloria, Run!”
“I’m taking a serious look at the race and having conversations with folks that are hungry for better leadership in Washington,” Johnson told Politico. “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.”
Johnson is expected to make a decision about whether to run by the end of the summer. Politico noted that she would not “have the primary field to herself. Marquita Bradshaw, an environmental activist and her party’s 2020 Senate nominee, has filed to run again. Three years ago, she bested James Mackler, the candidate preferred by national Democrats, and then lost to incumbent Bill Hagerty by 27 points.”
The former teacher has previously confirmed she is weighing a Senate run, telling the Chattanooga Times Free Press in late May that “there have been a whole lot of people, very serious people, asking me to do it. And so I told them I would seriously consider doing it.”
“It needs to be done. People want somebody who will stand up for Tennessee families, and they just don’t feel Marsha’s doing the job. There’s a lot of issues with Marsha, I believe. Mainly, what I hear is she’s not voting for Tennessee families,” Johnson added.
In April, Johnson and two of her Democratic colleagues in the Tennessee House of Representatives faced a GOP-led expulsion effort over the trio’s protest for gun control legislation on the chamber floor in the wake of the Covenant School shooting.
Tennessee Republicans ultimately declined to oust Johnson, a white woman in her 60s, but they expelled Reps. Justin Jones (52) and Justin J. Pearson (86)—though local councils swiftly voted to send both younger Black men back to the chamber.
The multiday battle garnered intense media attention and elevated the Tennessee Three to national platforms. Asked by reporters at the time why she was spared expulsion, Johnson said: “I’ll answer your question; it might have to do with the color of our skin.”
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is underway in Tennessee, bringing tens of thousands of fans to a 700-acre farm campground and concert venue for more than 150 performances this weekend. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone and Pretty Lights are among those headlining the sprawling annual event.
Concertgoers were facing a hot, sunny weekend at the Bonnaroo grounds some 60 miles (97) kilometers southeast of Nashville. The four-day annual festival, which kicked off Thursday, features live music on more than 10 stages. The performances run through the night and into early morning, including sunrise sets.
Post Malone performs during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Friday, June 14, 2024, in Manchester, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Other performers include Megan Thee Stallion, Cage The Elephant, Maggie Rogers, Melanie Martinez, Khruangbin, Fred again, Cigarettes After Sex, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Diplo and Carly Rae Jepsen.
Bonnaroo debuted on a rural Tennessee farm more than two decades ago. Over the years, it has featured a diverse lineup from Elton John and Jay Z to Paul McCartney, DeadMau5 and Bruce Springsteen. It also features a 24-hour cinema, comedy club, beer festival and theater performers.
Bonnaroo’s annual attendance is around 80,000 people. Some of this year’s acts will be streamed on Hulu.
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MANCHESTER, Tenn. — The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is underway in Tennessee, bringing tens of thousands of fans to a 700-acre farm campground and concert venue for more than 150 performances this weekend.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone and Pretty Lights are among those headlining the sprawling annual event.
Concertgoers were facing a hot, sunny weekend at the Bonnaroo grounds some 60 miles southeast of Nashville.
The four-day annual festival, which kicked off Thursday, features live music on more than 10 stages.
The performances run through the night and into early morning, including sunrise sets.
Other performers include Megan Thee Stallion, Cage The Elephant, Maggie Rogers, Melanie Martinez, Khruangbin, Fred again, Cigarettes After Sex, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Diplo and Carly Rae Jepsen.
Bonnaroo debuted on a rural Tennessee farm more than two decades ago.
Over the years, it has featured a diverse lineup from Elton John and Jay Z to Paul McCartney, DeadMau5 and Bruce Springsteen.
It also features a 24-hour cinema, comedy club, beer festival and theater performers.
Bonnaroo’s annual attendance is around 80,000 people.
Some of this year’s acts will be streamed on Hulu.
With heat indexes projected to approach triple digits, medical crews treated various heat-related conditions while some revelers constructed elaborate canopy and tent combinations for shade; others had their sunscreen confiscated upon entry because of restrictions on full-sized bottles and aerosol cans, The Tennessean reported.
GRAINGER COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A man charged in relation to a double homicide in Bean Station that happened at the end of May was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted list on Saturday.
Grainger County Sheriff James Harville confirmed to WATE that Aaron Ethan White, 34, of Morristown was wanted on two counts of criminal homicide in relation to the deaths of Jon Atkins, 49, and Deven McDaniel, 32, who were found dead in Bean Station along Rocky Springs Road on May 25.
White was added to the TBI’s Most Wanted List on Saturday, with a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to his arrest. According to the TBI, he should be considered armed and dangerous.
White is 6’2″ tall and around 220 pounds with blue eyes. He is believed to currently have a shaved head and beard.
Although investigators obtained warrants for White on Friday, attempts to locate him have been unsuccessful, the TBI said.
Anyone with information about White’s whereabouts is asked to contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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Harville adds that the investigation into the case is ongoing.
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