"The progressive state lawmaker is staging a primary challenge to veteran Rep. Steve Cohen."
"A Memphis state lawmaker who rose to national prominence protesting against gun violence is hoping to elevate that battle — and his environmental justice fights — to the U.S. House.
Justin Pearson, a Tennessee state House member representing a Memphis district since 2023, is best known for being one of the “Tennessee Three,” a trio of Democrats who protested against gun violence on their chamber’s floor that year. He and state Rep. Justin Jones were expelled from the body by their colleagues, but subsequently reinstated by their local governments.
Before that, Pearson was known for pushing to protect communities of color from the often unequal impacts of pollution and climate change."
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