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The Tennessee Capitol Building (Hannah Ferreira)

Preparing to vote in a supermajority state: MTSU student reflects

Hannah Ferreira, Staff reporter October 20, 2024
For the past decade or so, Tennessee consistently scraped the bottom of the barrel when it came to voter registration and turnout.
The Smyrna Depot District building (left) and Front Street (right). (Photo by Caleb Revill).

Mike Sparks vs. Luis Mata: Rutherford County’s most competitive race

Jackson Thomas, Contributing writer October 15, 2024

One of the most competitive local races in the 2024 election for Tennessee is District 49’s Tennessee State House of Representatives race with candidates Mike Sparks and Luis Mata.  District...

Marsha Blackburn greets the crowd at the Franklin Marriott Conference Center in Cool Springs following her victory over Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate on Nov. 6, 2018. (Photo by Anthony Merriweather)

Marsha Blackburn vs. Gloria Johnson: Campaigning in a red supermajority

Marim Abbas, Contributing writer October 14, 2024
As Tennessee gears up for the 2024 U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn faces off against Democratic Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson. With Tennessee being predominantly Republican, the different campaigning strategies of Blackburn and Johnson offer insights into how candidates approach Tennessee’s political landscape.
Meribah Knight gave a lecture at MTSU about her podcast, "Supermajority," on Sept. 30, 2024. (Photo by Hannah Carley)

WPLN’s Meribah Knight speaks to MTSU students on the state of democracy in Tennessee

Hannah Carley and Megan Goble October 1, 2024
Meribah Knight, senior reporter and producer at Nashville Public Radio, spoke Monday afternoon at MTSU about her podcast, "Supermajority," which follows three conservative women (Melissa Alexander, Mary Joyce and Sarah Shoop Neumann) and mothers of The Covenant School mass shooting survivors, desperate to pass gun control laws in the Republican-dominated Tennessee state House of Representatives.
(Photo by Kailee Shores)

Depolarizing America: National Divorce?

Kailee Shores February 24, 2023

Featured Photo by Kailee Shores Story by Kailee Shores "Imagine if America decided to just go ahead and have a national divorce,” tweeted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday, launching...

2020 Presidential Debate Coverage

2020 Presidential Debate Coverage

CIM Digital October 1, 2020

Story by Jamie Sontany / Contributing Writer Photo by Toriana Williams / News Editor On Tuesday night, more than 73 million Americans tuned in for this election cycle’s first debate between President...

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