The two young Black Tennessee state House Democrats whose expulsion sparked a nationwide controversy in April will win reelection on Thursday projects . State Rep. Justin Jones who first won the . overwhelmingly Democratic Nashvillearea District seat with no Republican opposition in the general election will defeat his largely unknown GOP opponent Laura Nelson . The two needed to win Thursdays special elections in order to retain their seats for the remainder of their twoyear terms . The GOP supermajority had cited breaches of decorum after the lawmakers had led a gun control protest from the statehouse floor in response to a Nashville school shooting that left three children and three adults dead . Their protest alongside Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson led to them being dubbed the Tennessee Three . Their expulsion in April turned into a flashpoint in debates over . debates over gun violence race and what forms of protest are acceptable . The lawmakers met with President Joe Biden weeks after their ousters. It was undemocratic Biden said in April. What the Republican legislature did was ‘shocking. It is undemocrisy’ The two met with Biden weeks later . The Tennessee Three met with him weeks after they met with . Joe Biden and met with the president of the state legislature weeks after his ouster . The former state lawmakers also faced an expulsion vote but was not ousted but was allowed to continue to be elected again . The three are now back in and again again to be re-elected to their seats in the legislature . None of the contests alter partisan control of the Tennessee Legislature . The state legislature has been elected to a seat in the state again. The state is now back again. It has not been re-nomineed to the governor’s office again. Back to Back to the page you can read here
CNN projects two members of the ‘Tennessee Three’ will win back remainder of their
