| What you should know in Tennessee this week: ➡️ We’ll be joined by gubernatorial candidate Jerri Green for our monthly Zoom call this Thursday, November 13th! We’re going to be talking about insights from last week’s election wins, then will be joined by Councilwoman Green at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET to talk about her campaign and why it’s important to run everywhere – ESPECIALLY in the toughest of races. Register here. ➡️ Early voting for TN-07 kicks off this Wednesday, November 12th! No matter where you live, you can help try to take back the House by getting involved in Aftyn Behn’s campaign. ➡️ Trump pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff just weeks after they were sentenced to prison for corruption convictions. They were convicted of setting up a secret company that illegally used funds designated for constituent mailers. ➡️ ICE is considering opening a Nashville call center to help law enforcement locate unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal and coordinate with 287(g) partners, according to a federal contracting notice. |
| Monthly Zoom Meeting: Can Last Tuesday’s Blue Wave Teach Us Anything about Running in Tennessee? Last week, Democrats won everywhere in what is widely seen as a rebuke of Trump’s overreach, chaos, and harm. And there were wins even in unexpected places. Democrats flipped two seats on Georgia’s statewide Public Service Commission and flipped three seats in the Mississippi State Legislature, breaking the GOP’s supermajority in their state. Democrats flipped a city council seat in Charlotte, NC for the first time in nearly three decades. Is it possible for that blue wave to come to Tennessee? What lessons can we take away from these victories? That is exactly what we’ll be talking about this upcoming Thursday, November 13th at 6:30 CT/7:30 ET for our monthly Blue Tennessee call. And we are absolutely thrilled to be joined by gubernatorial candidate, Jerri Green, for the latter half of our call! Jerri will share insights from her race, what she thinks about last week’s election results, and why it’s critical that Democrats run everywhere – especially when the odds are tough. |
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