From the Campaign Trail
Save Us from the GOP
In early 2021, as Covid deaths in the United States were nearing half a million and the first...
💔 Heartbreakingly Beautiful
The day I moved to Chattanooga 27 years ago, I gazed out my car windows and thought, I can’t...
Marching on Capitol Hill
In journalism school I was taught never to write about a future event as if it’s already happened....
A Walk in the Weeds
Even if you don’t have school-age kids, please read this nerdier-than-usual story about Gov. Bill...
What’s in a name?
Soddy-Daisy speaker packs a lot into a party label Refuge Assembly Church, in Soddy-Daisy, sits...
How It’s Going. How It Started.
Yesterday I voted for myself. What a strange feeling! Maybe some first-time candidates dream of...
The Outlier
When my kids were little, the unspoken rule was you didn’t trick-or-treat until dark. Well,...
No Words
Last Sunday I knocked on a door and the person who answered was not the older woman my canvassing...
Marching Through the Ugly
One of the most pleasant days I’ve spent in a while was at the Chattanooga Pride Parade earlier...
Being There
Now that we’re on the home stretch of the campaign, most of my free time is taken up with...
Why I Shouldn’t Run for Public Office. Or Why You Should.
Here are some of the things that I, Allison Gorman, candidate for TN State House District 26, did...
Go Vote. No Sweat.
I spent part of this week canvassing in North Chattanooga, which is just one small slice of State...
The Cowardly Liar
I spent yesterday knocking doors in Hixson with my daughter Meg, who’s running for Congress. Hoo...
Twisted District: Yes We’re Going to Take It
A lot of folks around Chattanooga have been asking me where TN House District 26 is, so they’ll...