Sanford: State lawmaker’s return to Nashville likely depends on write-ins
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, talks with the media outside the Tennessee House of Representatives chamber April 6, 2023, in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP file)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
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Politics is an unpredictable, often topsy-turvy business. Candidates and issues change. So does voter sentiment. What’s popular today could be detestable tomorrow.
But some things in politics are constant to the point of being routine. One of them is the process required to run for elected office, which in Tennessee is relatively easy compared to other states.
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