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[ [link removed] ]A picutre of Justin J. Pearson in a white shirt with a blue tie.

Hi John, my name is Justin J.
Pearson, and I’m the State Representative for District 86 in Memphis,
Tennessee.

In 2020, I helped lead the fight to defeat a multi-billion-dollar crude
oil pipeline project that would have poisoned drinking water for one
million people and stolen land from South Memphis residents.

In 2023, I was one of the “Tennessee Three” who joined hundreds of people
on the House floor to protest Republicans’ inaction on gun violence, days
after a deadly mass school shooting in Nashville. Instead of using their
power to address this epidemic and save lives, Republicans voted to expel
me from office.

In 2025, I'm standing up to billionaire Elon Musk to protect my community,
our health, and our environment from the toxic pollution of his xAI data
center he’s forced onto Memphis.

And in 2026, I’m taking the fight to Washington to give my community the
representation it deserves: I’m running for Congress in Tennessee’s 9th
district.

I’m honored to be Justice Democrats’ third endorsement of this critical
election cycle and part of the growing movement to build more
working-class people power — especially as I take on a nearly 20-year
incumbent who simply isn’t fighting hard enough for us.

[ [link removed] ]Before I tell you more, can I count on you to pitch in
$5 or whatever you can spare to support the launch of our
grassroots campaign?

My story begins in Southwest Memphis, where I was born and raised by
teenage parents who went on to become a teacher and a preacher. We were
financially poor, but spiritually rich. Growing up, I watched my mom and
dad work low-paying jobs to care for me and my four brothers while they
followed their passions, earned college degrees, and served our community.

We lived in a historically redlined, working-class neighborhood where
Black folks were denied mortgages, loans, and other financial investments.
Our community was treated as a dumping ground for industrial pollution,
including landfills, chemical plants, and other toxic industries. My
brother and so many others struggled with asthma their entire lives — even
today, this area is considered an “asthma capital” of the United States.

I’ve been fighting to improve the lives in my community since I was
fifteen years old, when I fought for new textbooks and Advanced Placement
classes at my underfunded, inner-city high school. When I returned home
from college, I co-founded an environmental advocacy organization that
helped spark a movement to stop an oil pipeline, and devoted myself to
organizing for justice.

I ran for my current seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives in
2023 at the age of 28. Just weeks after being sworn in, I joined two of my
Democratic colleagues and hundreds of peaceful demonstrators at a protest
for gun reform in the state capitol. Soon after, Republicans tried to
silence and punish us for “disorderly conduct.”

After I was expelled by the Republican supermajority, I was reinstated
through a special election, winning almost 94% of the vote, and then won
re-election in 2024. Since then, I have used my position to continue
speaking truth to power by showing up for my constituents, holding
numerous town hall meetings, fighting Tennessee Republicans over bad
bills, standing with striking workers on the picket lines, fighting
environmental racism from Elon Musk, and introducing legislation to
protect our children from gun violence and improve healthcare quality and
access for the poor and the aging.

To me, there is nothing more important than showing up for my community,
no matter what. But as our country slides rapidly into fascism fueled by
billionaires and the corporate elite, our current Congressman doesn’t seem
to believe the same.

Our current leadership is out of touch with the needs of the
disenfranchised in District 9 and lacks the energy and capacity to
actually fight for us. The money he claims to bring to our district has
not made a measurable impact on communities that need federal assistance
the most. He would know that if he stayed engaged with his constituents or
took the time to listen to them, but instead, he’s an absent DC politician
who brags that he doesn’t have to run for office anymore because he
assumes voters will support him whether he fights to earn their vote or
not.

I know that one single elected official cannot save a community, but that
the purpose of our leadership in Washington is to build a movement that
our community can see itself in and inspire them to come together to fight
back with the power everyday people already have. It takes all of us, and
we need leaders in Congress who know that.

It’s time to breathe new life into this congressional seat and the
Democratic Party at large. I’m ready to stand up, speak out, and roll up
my sleeves to work WITH the people, FOR the people — but it’s going to
take a groundswell of grassroots support to take on a powerful incumbent
and win.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re with me, become a founding donor to our campaign. Any
contribution, from $5 to $50, will show that we’re ready to give TN-09 the
bold, working-class representation it deserves in Congress.



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I can’t thank you enough.

In Love and Service,

Justin




 




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