State Rep. Pearson said he can work across the aisle without moderating his political views
“We’re not running this campaign against a person. We are running this campaign against a problem. The problem is the status quo,” Congressional contender state Rep. Justin J. Pearson told supporters Saturday, Oct. 11, during a rally in the Edge District. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian file)
State Rep. Justin J. Pearson talked about his tenure in the Tennessee House of Representatives and his views on the Memphis Safe Task Force on “Behind The Headlines.”
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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