Opinion: Beyond redistricting rhetoric are reality and results
State Sen. Charlane Oliver, D-Nashville, holds a banner and protests atop her desk on the Tennessee Senate floor during a special session of the state Legislature to redraw U.S. congressional voting maps May 7 in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP)
John Covington
John Covington is a lifelong Shelby County resident. He spent nearly two decades teaching history at both the high school and college levels before entering law enforcement, where he has served in the Memphis Police Department for more than a decade. He is vice president of the Memphis Police Association, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Memphis, and is active in local Republican politics.
“To hear many Tennessee Democrats tell it, partisan redistricting is some unprecedented assault on democracy itself — a historic political crisis unlike anything the state has ever experienced.”
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