Pearson heading to Nashville after appointment to state House seat
State Representative Justin J. Pearson, left, and Shelby County Commission chairman Mickell Lowery, right, talk after Wednesday’s 9-0 vote appointing Pearson to the District 86 House seat. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Environmental activist Justin J. Pearson followed up his Tuesday victory in the District 86 Democratic primary with a 9-0 county commission vote Wednesday, appointing him to the open seat in the Shelby County delegation.
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