Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson will campaign with Mississippi Democrats this week in DeSoto County ahead of the Nov. 7 election.
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 31, 2023 Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, a Memphis lawmaker who gained national notoriety after his Republican colleagues expelled him from the legislature, will campaign with Mississippi Democratic leaders in DeSoto County on Wednesday. Pearson will join civic leaders, Democratic candidates and community activists in the area to encourage voters to participate in Mississippi’s upcoming statewide election.
Pearson was one of two lawmakers expelled from the Tennessee statehouse chamber in April for violating decorum rules during a gun control protest on the House floor. But the Shelby County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to reappoint him to the legislative seat. Since the expulsion and reinstatement, Pearson has become a leader of a movement of Democratic opposition in the face of aggressive Republican leadership in the Deep South.
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