Willie Nelson and Margo Price encouraged their fans in Texas and Tennessee to register to vote and cast a ballot in favor of the states’ respective Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate.
In Texas, Colin Allred is trying to unseat Republican Ted Cruz, while Gloria Johnson — one of the Tennessee Three — is challenging Republican Marsha Blackburn. In a video filmed around a table on Nelson’s tour bus, the Farm Aid board members endorse Allred and Johnson in a short speech. “I know we’re all talking about the presidential race, and that’s important, but Margo and I want to talk about our Texas and Tennessee voters,” Nelson says, reading from a sheet of paper.
Taking a time out from a very important game of dominoes to bring you this breaking news: PLEASE VOTE! Head to https://t.co/XInLzEHVDB to register to vote or check your voter registration status. 🎥: @MissMargoPrice @ColinAllredTX @VoteGloriaJ pic.
twitter.com/hlijBKWVRx “Colin Allred is running against Ted Cruz in Texas and I know firsthand that Colin will represent all Texans,” Nelson says, “no matter their race, who they worship, or who they love.” “And I know Gloria will do something about the gun problem this country faces,” Price says of Johnson, who, with Reps.
Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, famously protested on the Tennessee statehouse floor the inaction by their Republican peers to pass gun reform in the wake of the 2023 Covenant school shooting in Nashville. In all, there are 33 U.S.
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