Joanne Sowell

Joanne Sowell

Nashville attorney Joanne Sowell is among the first candidates seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn next year.

Sowell filed paperwork establishing a Democratic campaign for Senate with the Federal Election Commission last month. Currently, Sowell is an attorney working on corporate law and mergers and acquisitions at the Wood Stabell Law Group, whose managing attorney Nancy Wood Stabell is listed as Sowell’s campaign treasurer.