Nashville Democrat sues for GOP ‘retaliation’ to redistricting protest
Tennessee state senator Charlane Oliver is suing GOP leadership for retaliation after she was sanctioned for protesting the mid-cycle redrawing of congressional districts.
A Nashville state senator is suing the GOP leadership that sanctioned her for protesting redistricting. In May, state lawmakers met for a special session to redraw Tennessee’s congressional districts mid-cycle. As the Tennessee Senate voted to carve up the state’s remaining majority-minority district in Memphis, Sen. Charlane Oliver, D-Nashville, stood on her desk, holding a […]
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