‘Tennessee Three’ lawmaker Justin Pearson wins Democratic primary for redrawn 9th District

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson won the Democratic primary in the Volunteer State’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District on Thursday, besting state Sen. London Lamar to advance to the general election. Pearson defeated Lamar by a 40-point margin, winning 64.9% of the vote to the state senator’s 24.9% of the vote, according to the Associated…