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Rep. Gloria Johnson, R-Knoxville, listens during a House Criminal Justice Committee meeting, Feb. 20, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Johnson, now running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Marsha Blackburn, has joined the growing ranks of progressive candidates choosing to tell their own abortion stories. They are doing so more frequently in states that have banned abortion in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)

Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise

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FILE - Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, announces her candidacy to run for the U.S. Senate during an event, Sept. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Johnson raised $1.3 million in the first weeks of a 2024 U.S. Senate bid fueled by a failed Republican attempt to expel her, but GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn more than doubled that haul and has millions more in the bank to defend her seat, the two campaigns said Wednesday, Oct. 4. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Tennessee Dem Gloria Johnson raises $1.3M, but GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn doubles that in Senate bid

By Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

From left, expelled Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, and expelled Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, raise their fists as they walk across Fisk University campus after hearing Vice President Kamala Harris speak, Friday, April 7, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Harris came to support the two Democratic lawmakers, who were expelled from the Tennessee State Legislature. Jones was reinstated. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Rep. Gloria Johnson of ‘Tennessee Three’ officially launches 2024 Senate campaign

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Senate Finance committee hearing about President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2024, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson has launched an exploratory committee as she considers running for the seat held by Blackburn in 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ makes move toward 2024 Senate bid

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

Former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, raises his fist on the floor of the House chamber as he walks to his desk to collect his belongings after being expelled from the legislature on Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee Republicans are seeking to oust three House Democrats including Jones for using a bullhorn to shout support for pro-gun control protesters in the House chamber. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Expulsion of Tennessee Democrats draws comparisons to expelled Oregon Republican

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

From left, Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, state Rep. Justin Jones and state Rep. Gloria Johnson hold their hands up as they exit the House Chamber doors at Tennessee state Capitol Building in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, April 3, 2023. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, File)

GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats in gun protest

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

From left, Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, state Rep. Justin Jones and state Rep. Gloria Johnson hold their hands up as they exit the House Chamber doors at Tennessee state Capitol Building in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, April 3, 2023. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, File)

Tennessee House expels two Democrats for gun control protest; third survives by one vote

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press