Commentary: Good wasn’t good enough: what Tennessee’s election results are trying to tell us

By: Rev. Earle Fisher

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 945

Last Updated: 20 hours, 54 minutes ago

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I started this election cycle saying that the moment demanded the highest level of spiritual, political and emotional maturity we could muster.

Not enough of us summoned it. And it showed up in the vote count.

Shelby County did good. We did significantly better than four years ago. Turnout increased. But good was not what this moment required. We needed to be great. More than 300,000 registered voters in Shelby County still …

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