New TNJ Alert: Legislative box scores, Memphis residency case, House District 3 primary set
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Legislative box score gives glance at session’s heroes and zeros.
— Flotsam and jetsam: Sifting through the wreckage of the hundreds of bills that didn’t make it.
— From the campaign trail: Memphis residency, 3rd House District race, Nashville mayor’s poll, Ogles and Trump reunited.
Also: Oprah on the Justins, Gary Humble audit deadline set, Masha Blackburn on walk-and-talks and grandparents providing security, and Scotty Campbell promotes a mystery wrestler.
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School choice group’s poll finds Campbell, Yarbro, O’Connell atop Nashville mayor’s race
A Tennesseans for Student Success poll finds Democratic state Sen. Heidi Campbell leading the Nashville mayor’s race with 22% support. Fellow Sen. Jeff Yarbro is next with 17%, followed by Metro Council member Freddie O’Connell with 16%.
Here are the horse race results per the poll:
- Heidi Campbell: 22%
- Jeff Yarbro: 17%
- Freddie O’Connell: 16%
- Sharon Hurt: 7%
- Matt Wiltshire: 7%
- Jim Gingrich: 4%
- Alice Rolli: 4%
- Vivian Wilhoite: 3%
- Fran Bush: 2%
- Other: 19%
The poll of 500 likely Nashville voters was conducted by VictoryPhones between May 2 and May 4. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.37 percentage points.
Respondents were also asked who their second choice was in the race. Here are the responses:
- Heidi Campbell: 20%
- Jeff Yarbro: 20%
- Matt Wiltshire: 10%
- Freddie O’Connell: 9%
- Sharon Hurt: 7%
- Jim Gingrich: 6%
- Vivian Wilhoite: 4%
- Alice Rolli: 2%
- Fran Bush: 2%
- Other: 21%
And here are the top factors in determining which candidate voters would back:
- Positions on education and infrastructure spending: 22%
- Positions on social issues: 21%
- Local government experience: 18%
- Positions on economic issue: 11%
- Business experience: 6%
- Legislative experience: 5%
- The most liberal or conservative candidate: 4%
- Endorsements by other public officials: 1%
- Something else: 12%
