Tennessee Democratic senator suspended from committee over special session protest

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 986

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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Tennessee’s Republican lieutenant governor is meting out punishment to a Democratic senator for protesting on the Senate floor at the end of a special session in which lawmakers broke up the state’s only majority-minority congressional district in Memphis.

Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, who is also Senate speaker, notified Nashville Sen. Charlane Oliver on Wednesday that she is being suspended from the Government Operations Committee, which meets during the summer, and reassigned to the State and …

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