He concedes the Democratic party in Tennessee is in a superminority at the state legislature, but state Democratic Chairman Chip Forrester says he put in place a plan to march the legislature back to Democratic control.
Even so, Forrester, the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party, says that won’t happen overnight.
“We’re very, very excited about the four victories we had in the House,” Forrester said. “To defend all of our incumbents, which we did … we’re very excited about those victories.”
Indeed, Forrester counts Democratic Reps. Charles Curtiss, Mark Windle, David Shepard, Sherry Jones and Craig Fitzhugh and others among key wins.
“These are the people that represent our future,” Forrester said. “Even though we’re in the minority, we’ve moved the ball down field.”
He also pointed to the victory of Metro Councilman Darren Jernigan, the Democrat running against GOP incumbent Jim Gotto in the Davidson County House District 60 race.
“We took Jim Gotto, a right-wing Tea Party nut job, out of office,” Forrester said.
Both the Senate and House Republicans hold supermajorities, which means Republicans can pass any law without a single Democratic voice.
Forrester will be stepping down from his post in January.
Trent Seibert can be reached at trent@TNReport.com on Twitter at @trentseibert or at 615-669-9501.
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