LGBTQ Candidate On Running On A Progressive Agenda In Tennessee

Congressional candidate for TN-5, Odessa Kelly, tells us why she's running. Jason Carter, John Iadarola, and Daniel Franzese discuss on The Young Turks. Support TYT by becoming a member: http://tyt.com/join

Read more here: https://jewishinsider.com/2021/05/odessa-kelly-nashville-jim-cooper-congress/

"Justice Democrats launched an early warning shot into Middle Tennessee last month when it backed Nashville activist Odessa Kelly in her bid to unseat a House Democrat with deep establishment ties at the state and national levels. As the first primary challenger of the 2022 cycle to have earned an endorsement from Justice Democrats, Kelly is hoping an imprimatur from one of the nation’s leading progressive groups will lend some initial momentum to her fledgling campaign.

“I didn’t want to be one of those people that was just running to get their name out there and have a moral victory,” Kelly, 39, told Jewish Insider in a recent interview. “I want to win this race.”

So far, Kelly’s decision to jump in well ahead of next year’s August primary seems to have paid off, at least financially. Within 36 hours of announcing her candidacy, the nonprofit leader and former civil servant reported that she had raised more than $100,000 for her insurgent campaign to take down Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat whose legislative record is in many ways anathema to the party’s far-left flank."

Hosts: Jason Carter, John Iadarola, Odessa Kelly

Cast: Jason Carter, John Iadarola, Odessa Kelly
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