Bernie Sanders is backing Justin Pearson's Tennessee House campaign, according to The Intercept. Pearson, who previously challenged the state's last sitting Democrat, is now running amid a broader voting-rights fight as Republicans threaten to achieve total control of the state's delegation. Sanders's endorsement underscores the stakes of what has become a redistricting and voting-access showdown.

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