NASHVILLE — Roll over, Andrew Jackson: Voters in Nashville’s Hermitage section just elected a Republican to represent you in Tennessee’s state House.
Jackson, the 19th-century president and the fiercely partisan founder of the national Democratic Party, lived at and is buried in The Hermitage.
The home and grounds are in the 60th District, whose voters elected Republican Jim Gotto, a Davidson County Metro councilman, to the state House on Tuesday.
Gotto is among 14 Republicans who toppled incumbent Democrats or won open Democratic seats in the Tennessee House.
HOUSE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATESSpeaker: Glen Casada, of College Grove, vs. Beth Harwell, of NashvilleMajority leader: Gerald McCormick, of Chattanooga, vs. Jon Lundberg, of Bristol