Mary Mancini
American politician
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Mary Mancini is a multimedia producer for Nashville Public Radio's daily show, This is Nashville.[1] Previously, she was an American political activist and former candidate, who served as Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party from 2015 to 2021.[2] She was elected as Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party on January 10, 2015 as the second woman to be elected to that position [3] and was re-elected to a second two-year term [4] in January 2017 and a third in January 2019. She was a candidate for Tennessee State Senate District 21 and lost in the 2014 Democratic primary to Jeff Yarbro.[5] She had previously served as Executive Director of Tennessee Citizen Action, an advocacy and grassroots organizing group based in Nashville.[citation needed][6] She also was the co-host of Liberadio with Mary Mancini and Freddie O'Connell, a liberal radio show.[5] From 1992 to 1998 she was the owner of Lucy's Record Shop.[7] After she sold Lucy's, she went to work in technology, first at Telalink, an internet service and web hosting provider, and then at Monsterlabs, a software development company. In 2023, she produced and hosted the Lucy's Record Shop podcast, which told some of the stories behind the Nashville record store and all-ages punk club.[8]
Mary Mancini | |
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| Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party | |
| In office January 10, 2015 – January 16, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Roy Herron |
| Succeeded by | Hendrell Remus |
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| Born | July 17 Seaford, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Kurt Wagner |
| Education | Syracuse University (BS) |
Personal life
Mary Mancini is married to Nashville musician Kurt Wagner of the band Lambchop.