Those active in the fight for the Democratic party's relevance in Tennessee have a new source of heartburn, and it's not the sitting president. It’s Bernie Sanders.
are under no illusion that the deeply red state will go to anyone other than President Donald Trump come November.
“I just don’t know that Tennessee swings that liberal,” said Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, who is also chairwoman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. “We’re not talking about a Democrat, we’re talking about someone who says in a tweet he is not in support of a traditional Democratic or traditional Republican Party.Akbari has thrown her support behind Joe Biden, who she believes can have appeal to a wide swath of voters.
Democrats in the Tennessee General Assembly hold 26 out of 99 seats in the House, and just five out of 33 in the Senate. Close races are expected in multiple swing districts this fall. “Moderate Democrats are offering half the loaf," she said in an interview."They are coming up with ideas that help a bit, but don't really get to the root causes of the issues."
Bloomberg’s campaign declined to provide spending totals, but his investment in Tennessee appears to dwarf that of any other candidate. “Every one of them has things that have been unfavorable to the African-American community,” Parkinson said from inside Ford’s packed funeral home banquet hall. “Now that that is even, which one of them can win? Which one of them has a history of governing … and which one of them has the resources to get it done?”"I thought it was real bad, but hey, everybody makes mistakes," Gordon said.
Elizabeth Warren's campaign has been canvassing weekly since November. She has 30 staff members in the state, and in recent days has relied on actress Ashley Judd to make appearances in her place in Tennessee. They've bought ads with black-owned radio stations across the state.
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