Incumbent Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn will attempt to fend off a challenge from state representative Gloria Johnson following the results of Tennessee’s oddly scheduled statewide primary, according to the Tennessean. Neither candidate faced serious opposition.
One of three members of the state house who were censured for joining an anti-gun violence protest in the chamber’s gallery, Johnson received the least severe punishment of the group for a fairly obvious reason. While articles ousting all three were brought to the floor for a vote, the Republican-dominated legislature voted to expel Johnson’s two colleagues, two young Black men, but not Johnson, a white woman. Her two colleagues, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, eventually regained their seats in special elections.