Taking The Pulse Of Tennessee Ahead Of Super Tuesday

Taking The Pulse Of Tennessee Ahead Of Super Tuesday
The Tennessee State Capitol is pictured in Nashville. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson is broadcasting from Nashville Public Radio today. (Alex Ashlock/Here & Now)
Taking The Pulse Of Tennessee Ahead Of Super Tuesday
The Tennessee State Capitol is pictured in Nashville. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson is broadcasting from Nashville Public Radio today. (Alex Ashlock/Here & Now)

Taking The Pulse Of Tennessee Ahead Of Super Tuesday

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As part of Here & Now’s 2016 election road trip, Jeremy Hobson is broadcasting from Tennessee ahead of Super Tuesday. He talks with WPLN assistant news director Blake Farmer and University of Memphis journalism professor Otis Sanford about how the candidates are playing in Tennessee, the biggest issues for voters and the record numbers of people taking advantage of early voting.

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  • Blake Farmer, assistant news director at WPLN in Nashville. He tweets @flakebarmer.
  • Otis Sanford, the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Economic and Managerial Journalism at the University of Memphis and former metro editor at the Commercial Appeal Newspaper. He tweets @OtisSanford.

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