On the first day of early voting, two candidates for the newly redrawn Congressional District 9 held parallel press conferences that showed competing visions of what Democratic leadership could look like in Tennessee. One candidate promised to seek radical change, while the other promised to follow in the footsteps of outgoing U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen. State Rep. Justin J. Pearson was joined by Boxtown residents alongside Democratic Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley at the Colossus 1 data center in Southwest Memphis, where he called for action against “environmental racism.” Across town, State Sen. London Lamar joined Cohen in his…