by allison | Feb 8, 2024 | Democracy
My husband and I have three daughters. The first two were born two years apart. Seven years later, we gave away our highchair and our third daughter was born. (That’s how babies are made.) When our older girls were in middle school and loved video games, our little...
by allison | Feb 5, 2024 | Democracy
This week has been ridiculous. And trying. This week legislation was introduced in the State House that would prohibit expelled members from being reinstated by their voters. It was the second such bill filed this legislative session, a continuation of Republicans’...
by allison | Feb 5, 2024 | Democracy
Today I picked up papers to run for the Tennessee General Assembly. That’s the state legislature, which meets in Nashville and makes our laws. When I ran for this seat the first time in 2022, I was the only Democratic challenger to a Republican state legislator in...
by allison | Jan 19, 2024 | Democracy
The people of Tennessee aren’t being heard in the State House. I plan to change that. But I need your help. For most of my life as a Tennessean, whether Tennessee was “red” or “blue,” the governance was moderate and the people’s work got done. That’s not true anymore....
by allison | Oct 5, 2022 | Democracy
One summer in the 1980s when I was home from college, my grandmother pulled me aside and whispered, “What’s a nerd?” I was hard-pressed to come up with an answer except the obvious: “You’re looking at one.” I didn’t quite fit the bespectacled stereotype that was all...
by allison | Aug 10, 2022 | Democracy
Canvassing has easily been my favorite part of running for office so far, even given the heat leading up to last week’s primary. All those treks up treacherous steps in North Chattanooga and long driveways in Hixson were rewarded with some fascinating conversations...
