August 4, 2016

1st woman to win Tennessee statewide election dies at 83

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jane Eskind, the first woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee and a longtime Democratic Party activist, has died. She was 83.

Katy Varney, a family spokeswoman, said Eskind died Thursday after a long illness.

Eskind was elected to the Public Service Commission in 1980. ...

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