Tag: Antonio Parkinson
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Whose District is it Anyway?
An interesting exchange on the floor of the Tennessee State House today. Democrats introduced a number of amendments to the House Redistricting plan, all of which were placed on the table by the Republican majority; effectively killed. The final amendment was proposed by Jeanne Richardson. The amendment would have shifted 6 precincts into the new…
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HD-98 Results
Congratulations to Antonio Parkinson on his Democratic Primary win in the HD-98 election. This was a very low turnout election. The Commercial Appeal reports just 629 of the 30,000+ registered voters turned out to vote. The general election is on March 8th, the same day as the scheduled Memphis City Schools charter surrender vote. No…
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HD-98 Turnout – Updated
Edited to add: Apparently the CA got the number wrong. The Election Commission reports that 268 people have voted in the election. Still, that’s way too few. The Commercial Appeal is reporting that only 166 people have voted in the HD-98 special election to replace Ulysses Jones, who passed away late last year. 166 people.…