NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, a Democrat who shot to national fame after surviving a Republican-led expulsion effort for participating in a pro-gun control demonstration, on Tuesday formally announced that she's running for U.S. Senate.
Shortly after the expulsion vote, Johnson quickly noted that likely she avoided expulsion because she was white.
Blackburn first won the Tennessee Senate seat in 2018, defeating Democratic former Gov.
In the Democratic primary for the Senate seat, Johnson will face off against community activist and organizer Marquita Bradshaw.
Bradshaw won the Democratic Senate nomination in 2020, and lost the general election to Republican Bill Hagerty by 27 percentage points.
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