The lawmakers took part in an anti-gun protest following a school mass shooting in the state.
The Tennessee statehouse has expelled two Democratic politicians who led a gun control protest that halted legislative proceedings last week.
Justin Jones told the BBC that the move had left 78,000 people in one of the state's most diverse districts without representation. A resolution to expel Ms Johnson fell one vote short of the required two-thirds majority. The margin was 65-30. Her supporters in the chamber cheered. Another Republican legislator, Gino Bulso, said the three Democrats had "effectively conducted a mutiny."Mr Bulso said of Mr Jones: "The gentleman shows no remorse. He does not even recognise that what he did was wrong."But the two ousted lawmakers could soon return to the House since expulsion does not disqualify an ex-representative from running for office. A county governing body also has the power to appoint an interim representative in the case of a vacancy.
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