TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 29, 2026

A third Democratic candidate has emerged for state House District 59, which sits along the southern edges of Davidson County. Beth West, a Democratic Party organizer and former nonprofit executive, joins Rick Ewing and Mark Proctor in seeking the seat being vacated by Caleb Hemmer, D-Nashville. Republican Bill Hancock also is running in the Aug. 6 primary according to the Nashville Banner. West says the 2022 court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the 2023 Covenant School shooting motivated her to get involved in politics.