Expelled Democrats From ‘Tennessee Three’ Voted Back Into State House

Justin Pearson, left, and Justin Jones after a meeting at the White House in April. Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled after leading gun-control chants on the floor of the state House of Representatives earlier this year won special elections to officially take back their seats. The Democrats, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, handily defeated challengers from other parties Thursday to win back the positions they lost in April, according to election records in Davidson and Shelby counties. The men gained national profiles after Republicans in Tennessee’s House of Representatives...