Political Roundup: Salinas runs for state House as Democrats field contenders for all 99 seats
Plus, a look at primary vote totals for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
There are 25 article(s) tagged Gabby Salinas:
Plus, a look at primary vote totals for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
The Democrats didn’t field a candidate in a district that used to be — before redistricting — one of the General Assembly’s most flippable.
A call to end county primary elections draws fire during the “On The Record” podcast as Democrats tout their countywide slate in Germantown and Republican mayoral nominee Worth Morgan opens his campaign headquarters in East Memphis.
Shelby County Democratic Party Chairwoman Gabby Salinas says a new political action committee approved for the local party is a start toward a better-organized Democratic effort in the state’s bluest county.
Gabby Salinas emerged as the new local party chair at an online party convention Saturday, Aug. 28, after former party chairman Corey Strong withdrew from the balloting.
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the two-time Democratic nominee for the Tennessee General Assembly talks about the new Latino Democratic political action committee Fuerza, for which she serves on the board.
In a close race, John Gillespie, a political newcomer, narrowly defeats Democratic challenger Gabby Salinas in the state House District 97 race.
Few House races statewide are expected to see turnover in the Nov. 3 election, but Shelby County has a handful of seats that could shift.
Democrat Gabby Salinas and Republican John Gillespie are getting feisty over an endorsement she received from the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, hinting at a lively race this fall for an open House seat.
A showdown is brewing for the state House District 97 seat between Republican John Gillespie and Gabby Salinas, who narrowly lost a state Senate race in 2018.
House District 97 Republican candidates Brandon Weise and John Gillespie are taking different stands on education vouchers, with Weise opposing them and Gillespie declining to say exactly where he stands on the governor’s initiative.
House District 97 in Shelby County will have a contested Democratic primary in 2020 with Allan Creasy running for the seat again, this time against Gabby Salinas, who nearly defeated Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey in 2018.
The race to replace Republican state Rep. Jim Coley in House District 97 is shaping up with a Democrat and another Republican joining the fray.
The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance dismissed a penalty against 2018 House candidate Torrey Harris and gave Democratic Senate candidate Gabby Salinas a clean bill of health after a campaign account audit.
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