Justin Pearson and Justin Jones were thrown out of their seats in April after leading a gun control protest from the statehouse floor in response to a Nashville school shooting that left three children and three adults dead . Their expulsions by the Republican majority cited breaches of decorum . Their expulsion sparked a nationwide controversy in April . Jones and Pearson were quickly returned to their seats by the local officials with the authority to temporarily fill legislative vacancies in their areas . Thursday’s special elections in their overwhelmingly Democratic districts are all but certain to make official their return for the remainder of their twoyear terms . Meanwhile in eastern Tennessee Republican state Rep. Timothy Hill is also heavily favored in a special election to hold onto his seat . The elections will have no bearing on control of the deepred Tennessee legislature since the GOP holds a to seat supermajority in the House of Representatives since the Republicans have not fielded a candidate in the current or previous iteration of the District since the Democrats haven’t fielded a candidates since Hill lost to Hill by percentage points in the previous version of the district in the past two years . The election will not have a direct impact on the outcome of the election. The elections have no effect on the Republican House of Reps. Love and Hill is heavily favored against Democratic challenger Lori Love in the Democratic District in the eastern Tennessee district. The Democrats have not fielding a Democratic candidate in this district since they have not run in the district. Democrats have failed to field a candidate since they haven’t fielded a Democratic challenger in the last time. The Republican State House of District. The Democratic District has not fielded in the District. Democrats haven“Lori Love’s election. In the district’ve not fielded an opponent in the recent election.
Two members of the ‘Tennessee Three’ seek to win back remainder of their terms
