Justin J. Pearson wins District 86 primary 2 months after expulsion from Tennessee House
Justin J. Pearson won his Democratic primary, a step toward being reelected to his District 86 seat in the Tennessee State House Thursday. Pearson ...
Justin J. Pearson won his Democratic primary, a step toward being reelected to his District 86 seat in the Tennessee State House Thursday. Pearson won the primary with 2,084 votes over opponent David Page's 125 votes according to preliminary results from the Shelby County Election Commission. Pearson will face Independent Jeff Johnston in the special general election in August. If reelected, Pearson will end up being sworn in for the fourth time in less than a year. The young elected official gained national prominence when he and another state representative, Justin Jones, D-Nashville, were expelled from the state House after leading gun reform chants that disrupted House proceedings three days after three 9-year-olds and three adults were shot and killed at The Covenant School in Nashville.