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Kamala Harris

Donald Trump sweeps reliably red Tennessee

By Paige Pfleger

November 5, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has once again won the state of Tennessee and its 11 electoral votes in the race for president. 

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elections 2024, Kamala Harris

This voter wants Harris to win — but didn’t vote for her

By Cynthia Abrams

November 5, 2024

After Anna Rose Mahoney cast her ballot in East Nashville on Tuesday, she felt hopeful — and a bit anxious. Mahoney said she hopes to see Kamala Harris elected at the end of the night. However, she didn’t vote for her. Instead, Mahoney opted to vote third party, with the humanitarian conflict in Gaza at […]

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2024, Gaza, Israel, Kamala Harris, voting

‘Swifties for Kamala’ think Harris is the 1 to beat Trump. And they want to help.

By Elena Moore, NPR

September 5, 2024

By the end of their call Tuesday, 14,000 attendees reported registering to vote.

Filed Under: NPR News, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Democratic Party, democrats, Elections 2024, Kamala Harris, NPR, Taylor Swift

As Harris considers a running mate, what are states’ succession rules for VP candidates?

By The Associated Press

July 26, 2024

The 2024 White House campaign has thrust a handful of governors and senators into the mix for vice president. That has drawn attention to rules of succession in the contenders’ home states should they win.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Beshear, Associated Press, Elections 2024, Kamala Harris

Tennessee DNC delegates first in the nation to back Kamala Harris

By Marianna Bacallao

July 22, 2024

Tennessee delegates to the DNC became some of the first to support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Elections 2024, Hendrell Remus, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee State University

After expulsions, Tennessee Democrats are relishing new momentum, while Republicans retreat

By Blaise Gainey

April 14, 2023

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The world now knows them as the Tennessee Three. But just a few weeks ago, not many people outside of the state knew of Democratic Reps. Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson and Gloria Johnson.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Cameron Sexton, Covenant School, expulsion, firearms, Gloria Johnson, Jason Zachary, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, Karen Camper, Nashville Metro Council, red flag law, Scott Cepicky, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Three, tnleg, tnpol

Black leaders call out hypocrisy and racism after vote to expel Jones and Pearson from Tennessee House

By Alexis Marshall

April 10, 2023

Last week, two young Black Democrats were expelled from the state legislature for breaking decorum rules while protesting for gun control on the house floor. Black leaders across Tennessee — and beyond — are calling out the expulsions as racist. 

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Bernice King, Charlane Oliver, Covenant School, Gloria Johnson, Jesse Chism, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, London Lamar, Tennessee Three, Tequila Johnson, The Equity Alliance

The nation reacts to the Tennessee legislature’s expulsion of 2 Black lawmakers

By Rachel Iacovone

April 7, 2023

History has its eyes on Tennessee. And so do powerful people — near and far.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bernice King, Bob Mendes, Freddie O'Connell, Gloria Johnson, hillary clinton, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, March For Our Lives, NAACP, Sandra Sepulveda, Zulfat Suara

‘I know it has been a long hard road’: Vice President Kamala Harris addresses pandemic, politics in TSU commencement speech

By Blaise Gainey

May 7, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris gave a commencement speech to graduates at Tennessee State University on Saturday. The speech did not shy away from all the soon-to-be graduates faced in recent years and the realities of the world they’re now entering.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: graduation, Kamala Harris, Tennessee State University, TSU

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