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Gloria Johnson is an American politician and Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives currently representing District 90,and formerly District 13,based in Knoxville. In April 2023,she and two other state representatives faced expulsion votes from the Tennessee General Assembly after taking to the floor of the State House unrecognized to protest gun violence. Johnson was the only one of the three legislators not to be expelled. Johnson was the Democratic Party nominee for the 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee,losing in a landslide to incumbent Republican Marsha Blackburn.
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Sarbjeet S. Kumar is an Indian–American politician and physician. A member of the Republican Party,Kumar,a retired surgeon,has been a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 66th district since 2015,representing Robertson County. He chairs the House Insurance Committee.
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Justin Shea Bautista-Jones is an American activist and politician from the state of Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party,he serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives for District 52,representing parts of Nashville. As of 2023,Jones is the second youngest member of the State House. He was expelled in April 2023 for violating decorum rules by participating in a gun control protest on the House floor. The Nashville Metro Council voted unanimously to reinstate Jones to serve as an interim representative pending a special election to fill the seat.
Justin Jamal Pearson is an American activist and politician. He is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district,covering parts of the city of Memphis. He was elected in a January 2023 special election to succeed Barbara Cooper,who was posthumously re-elected in the November 2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election after dying in October 2022. When he was sworn into office at the age of 28,Pearson became the third youngest lawmaker serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
On April 6,2023,the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on resolutions to expel Democratic Representatives Gloria Johnson,Justin Jones,and Justin J. Pearson for violating the chamber's decorum rules by leading personal protests for gun reform on the House floor and joining demonstrators in the chamber's public galleries during a legislative session three days after the 2023 Nashville school shooting. Resolutions for the expulsions of Jones and Pearson passed with a two-thirds majority,and they were removed from office. The resolution against Johnson failed to pass by one vote.
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- ↑ "Representatives - TN General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ↑ Wade Gervin, Cari (December 13, 2017). "Roundup: New House member in Blount Co". NashvillePost.com. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Tennessee GOP file resolutions to expel three Democrats who led gun reform chants on House floor". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ↑ "HR0063". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ↑ "HR0064". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ↑ "HR0065". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ↑ Kruesi, Kimberly; Mattise, Jonathan (April 6, 2023). "Tennessee's House expels 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest". Associated Press News.
