Justin Pearson and Brent Taylor win primaries for key Tennessee House seat
Justin Pearson at a campaign rally in Memphis in July. Photograph: George Walker IV/APView image in fullscreenJustin Pearson at a campaign rally in Memphis in July. Republicans hope the redistricting, which is part of a broader national plan pushed by Trump, could give them a clean sweep of all nine of Tennessee’s seats.The new ninth district stretches about 200 miles (320km) east from Memphis across rural areas before reaching north toward Nashville.
- ▪Justin Pearson at a campaign rally in Memphis in July.
- ▪Photograph: George Walker IV/APView image in fullscreenJustin Pearson at a campaign rally in Memphis in July.
- ▪Republicans hope the redistricting, which is part of a broader national plan pushed by Trump, could give them a clean sweep of all nine of Tennessee’s seats.The new ninth district stretches about 200 miles (320km) east from Memphis across r
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Justin Pearson at a campaign rally in Memphis in July. Photograph: George Walker IV/APView image in fullscreenJustin Pearson at a campaign rally in Memphis in July. Photograph: George Walker IV/APTennesseeJustin Pearson and Brent Taylor win primaries for key Tennessee House seatNominees to face off in November in redistricted seat central to Trump’s bid to retain slim Republican majorityAssociated Press and Guardian staffThu 6 Aug 2026 22.44 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleTennessee primary voters picked a pair of Memphis-area lawmakers to square off in a dramatically reconfigured US House seat central to Donald Trump’s plan to try to hold on to a slim Republican majority in the midterm congressional elections.Republicans chose state senator Brent Taylor, who was endorsed by Trump,…
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