Oh yes...he’s Jewish...very
Attended the Reform Temple on West End here in Nashville when he was at the state house.
He also trumpets his Jewishness ad nauseum when it suits him and is active in Jewish causes here.
An uber Jewish progressive....arguably the most leftist politcian ever elected in the Volunteer State.
His benefactors here whom I know a few are the Eskinds...very rich clan of some Democrat and some GOP Jews whose grandaddy made a fortune in Nashville medical venture capital...contemporaries of the Frist and Massey families
Most lefty Southern Jews are not so strident but his bloodline is fairly fresh not antebellum
he almost single handedly got smoking banned in TN at restaurants while at the State House
represents a nearly total black Memphis district and it took a planetary alignment to get his pinky arse elected...doubt he will last long...some Ford (who are arguably less liberal) will take his place
He also has Midtown, which is largely urban white aging hippies.
And it’s not a Ford running against him. It’s King Willie Herenton.
He'll have to do more ~