Mancini cruises to another term as chair of Tennessee Democrats

Mary Mancini has turned back a challenge from Holly McCall to be elected to another term as chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party. The Tennessean’s Joey Garrison was there:

BREAKING: @tndp votes to keep @marymancini as party chair. Mancini gets 48 votes, @jhollymc gets 19 votes. Williams gets two votes. McCall congratulates Mancini with a hug.

— Joey Garrison (@joeygarrison) January 12, 2019

Mancini got 70% of the vote, compared with 28% for McCall — a similar margin McCall lost by when she ran for the state House against Republican Sam Whitson in 2016.

The Democrats’ decision to keep Mancini in charge follows a move by Tennessee Republicans’ decision to keep Scott Golden for another two-year term as chairman.