Nashville Sounding Board

In January, Holly McCall challenged Mary Mancini in the election for Tennessee Democratic Party chair. Holly McCall is a longtime Democratic operative and public communications strategist. She currently serves as the chair of Emerge Tennessee and as the chair of the Williamson County Democratic Party. In 2016, McCall ran for TN State House in District 65. Topics by minute: 1:50 - What motivated you to run for TNDP Chair? 3:35 - What were your main critiques of TNDP Chair Mary Mancini? 8:00 - What is the path forward and what are other states doing differently? 10:40 - How would a more liberal candidate play statewide? 12:40 - Target races - How would you suggest focusing resources? 16:00 - If TN Democrats are on a 20 year path back, how should progress be judged? 18:08 - Similarities between McCall's results in Williamson County and Mancini's results statewide 19:35 - Lessons to learn for TNDP to move forward 20:45 - As a communications professional, what are your comms ideas? 22:10 - How would Democrats g