Democratic candidates for Congress stump in Erwin
Robert Houk Sep 25, 2020
Democratic candidates Marquita Bradshaw and Blair Walsingham brought their potentially history-making campaigns for Congress to Northeast Tennessee on Friday.
“We win by working together,” Bradshaw, who is vying to succeed retiring U.S. Sen Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., told a morning rally hosted by the Unicoi County Democratic Party at the Unicoi Welcome Center Pavilion.
If elected on Nov. 3, the environmental activist from Memphis would become the first African American woman elected to a statewide office in Tennessee. She faces Republican nominee Bill Hagerty on the November ballot.
Walsingham, a resident of Hawkins County, is running to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Johnson City. If she wins her race, Walsingham will be the first Democratic candidate elected to Congress from Tennessee’s 1st District in more than 140 years….
