Progressive activist Noah Nordstrom announced Friday he’s challenging State Rep. Mark White’s (R) seat in the statehouse.
Nordrom’s day job is teaching Spanish to Memphis Shelby County School (MSCS) students.
“There is an all out war being waged against public education in Tennessee,” Nordtrom told supporters a campaign kick off part at El Toro Loco. “My opponent Mark White is the leading sponsor of the the voucher scam, which threaten to take really important resources out of public schools.”White serves as the chair of the Tennessee House Education Committee.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Campaign Kickoff last night! pic.twitter.com/SRyt1mjU8O
— Noah Nordstrom (@nordstromfortn) February 10, 2024
Nordstrom spends the rest of his time with a megaphone, advocating for LGBT issues across Tennessee.
Nordstrom made national headlines after he and other activists hosted a ‘No Hate In Our State’ block party, a pro-transgender event at East Tennessee Sate University.
The 25-year-old cosplayed as US Senator Marsha Blackburn. Here’s how The Washington Post described it:This is a drag debut for Noah Nordstrom, a co-organizer for the event, and he has on black tights, a red blouse and a black-and-white houndstooth blazer. Marsha P. Blackburn’s act consists of a comedy skit in which she pans the real-life Blackburn for her financial ties to private prisons and the National Rifle Association, and follows it up with a lip-synced rendition of Rihanna’s “Bitch Better Have My Money.”
Nordstrom, who is 25 and has a blond, Thor-like mane and a cheery disposition, says he invited Williamson to the event via Twitter DM, going out on a limb, and she accepted. She’s the closing act tonight, and when she takes the stage, she quotes the Declaration of Independence and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. If the government is not helping to secure liberty, she says, then: “It is the right. Of the people” — and here her voice drops an octave for emphasis — “to alter it.”
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/SYcewV9Tjz
— Noah Nordstrom (@noahnord98) April 11, 2023
Tennessee Young Democrat President George Boyington gave Nordstrom a ringing endorsement.
“I’m supporting Tennessee Young Democrats endorsed candidate Noah Nordstrom for TN House of Representatives District 83,” Boyington said in a released statement.
