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Gloria Johnson

State Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) has secured the Democratic nomination to run for one of Tennessee’s two U.S. Senate seats. Johnson, who has served four terms as a Democrat in the Tennessee General Assembly, defeated Memphis activist Marquita Bradshaw and two other candidates in the Aug. 1 primary.

Though incumbent Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who took office in 2019, faced a meager challenge in the Republican primary from Tres Wittum, she easily defeated the 37-year-old and secured her party’s nomination to run for reelection. 

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