Gloria Johnson opens Senate bid, draws fire from incumbent Marsha Blackburn
Knoxville state Rep. Gloria Johnson opened her bid in next year’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary Tuesday, Sept. 5, with the third of three stops across the state in Memphis. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis was the third of three stops Tuesday, Sept. 5, kicking off what Johnson says will be an “uphill battle” to win the August primary and take down Marsha Blackburn in next year’s November general election.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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