Episode 26 - Pull up a chair: TNDP Chair Mary Mancini talks lessons learned and plans for 2020

Nashville Sounding Board

I sat down with Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Mary Mancini following her January 12th re-election to a third two-year term. See the below list of topics with minute markers. Interview with challenger Holly McCall coming soon! Topics by minute: 1:15 - Critiques of her tenure at the TNDP 4:33 - Path back to relevance in a deeply red state 8:33 - What's a fair standard for judging the TNDP - process vs. results? 11:05 - Has your work set the stage for wins in 2020 and beyond? 12:52 - Candidate support. Did you stretch resources too thin in 2018? 20:22 - Identifying target races 26:05 - How detrimental was the Kavanaugh situation for Bredesen? 28:10 - What happened to cause you to lose support of some activists? 34:28 - Key lessons learned from this cycle 37:02 - Only 41% of the TNDP Executive Committee donated? 39:05 - Goals for 2020 Nashville Sounding Board is a podcast dedicated to discussing social and political issues affecting Middle Tennessee. www.nashvillesoundingboard.com www.facebook.com/NashvilleSoundingBoard www.twitter.com/NashSoundBoard NSB is produced by Benjamin Eagles. Views expressed by Benjamin Eagles in this podcast and on social media are his alone and do not reflect the views of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Music by Craig Turner and Joe Halberstadt