(Refiles to change 'Democrat' to 'Democratic' in headline and first paragraph) (Reuters) -The two Democratic lawmakers who were expelled from the Tennessee legislature earlier this year after angering the Republican majority with a protest against gun violence are expected to win a special election on Thursday to serve out the remainder of their original terms. Republicans in the state's House of Representatives voted to expel Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, both young Black men, on April 6 as punishment for breaking rules of decorum a week earlier by leading a protest inside the House chambe...
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