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Former SNL Cast Member Runs for TN County Commission

TEA PARTY COMEDIAN

Victoria Jackson is too conservative for the Republican party.

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Victoria Jackson has thrown her hat (or bow) in the race for a seat on Tennessee's Williamson County commission. You may remember Jackson from her tenure as Saturday Night Live cast member from 1986-92. Or, more recently, from her work as an outspoken Tea Party conservative, writing—and then deleting—an article calling for a ‘white history month,’ and recording the the catchy protest tune, “There’s a Communist Living in the White House.” Jackson will run against the to-be-determined Republican nominee for the county commission seat as an Independent because she is “very disappointed with the Republican Party.”

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