James Mackler announces Democratic bid for Lamar Alexander's US Senate seat

[brooklynite]

Source: The Tenneseean

James Mackler, who ditched a Democratic run for U.S. Senate in Tennessee last year, says he's now running in 2020, becoming the first candidate in either major party to declare a candidacy for the seat to be vacated by the retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander.

Mackler, a 46-year-old Nashville attorney and Iraq War veteran, announced his campaign in an online video Tuesday, looking to clear a Democratic lane still nearly two years out from the election.

"I’m James Mackler, and after 9/11 I joined the 101st Airborne Division, because I felt it was my duty to serve the country I love," he says in the video. "Now I’m running for U.S. Senate, and it’s my duty to tell the truth about Donald Trump.

"Politicians say you can’t criticize Donald Trump in Tennessee. Well, I’m not a politician, and the truth is Donald Trump is making life harder, not easier, for folks all across Tennessee."

Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/08/james-mackler-nashville-attorney-iraq-war-vet-announces-democratic-run-lamar-alexanders-us-senate-se/2513559002/

[tnlurker]

1. Yes...Thanks You James

I thought he should have stayed in the race against Marsha.