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Hendrell Remus has a tall task ahead of him. The newly elected chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party is taking over at a low point for Democrats in the state. They haven’t won a statewide election in more than a decade, and recent ones haven’t been all that close. Plus, Republicans maintain super-majorities in both the House and Senate. In an interview with the Scene, Remus says he plans to focus on voter registration especially in Democratic strongholds, emphasizing economic policies over cultural and social ones in rural areas where Democratic support has fallen off a cliff. He also ...

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The Tennessee Democratic Party has elected its first Black statewide chairman of the party. The party’s Executive Committee voted Saturday to name Hendrell Remus to succeed Mary Mancini as leader of the state party. “I am humbled and elated at the opportunity to serve as the Tennessee Democratic Party chair,” Remus said in statement posted on social media. “This is not just a moment of accomplishment for my family and I but a historic moment for our party and, indeed, for our state.” Remus, an assistant emergency operations director at Tennessee State University, take...

Hendrell Remus was elected by the Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee Saturday.

Remus elected first Black chairman of Tennessee Dem Party January 18, 2021 GMT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Democratic Party’s executive committee has elected Hendrell Remus as the new party chairman. Remus, who will serve a two-year term, is the first Black elected to serve as chairman. He is assistant director of the Tennessee State University Office of Emergency Management. “I am humbled and elated at the opportunity to serve as the Tennessee Democratic Party Chair,” Remus said in a statement after Saturday’s vote. “This is not just a moment of accomplishment for my fa...