MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A heated forum took place Tuesday night between candidates running to represent people who live in Tennessee’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District.
Four Democratic candidates expressed why they think they deserve to represent a district that now spreads out much further than its previous Shelby and Tipton County limits.
District 9 now stretches as far as Lynchburg, Tennessee—which is located closer to Chattanooga than Memphis.
Tennessee’s GOP supermajority approved the new district lines in May…