Romero says text threatened to kill her and her family

Eva Romero, a Republican candidate for Tennessee House District 60, said a person who received her campaign’s early-voting text reminder replied with a threat to kill her and her family. WSMV reported that Metro Nashville Police confirmed the campaign received the threatening text and that the department’s Specialized Investigations Division is investigating who sent it.

Romero said the threat arrived on the first day of early voting. WSMV’s account also says her family received it just hours before polls opened. The article describes the message as a death threat directed at Romero and her family; it does not identify the sender. The campaign reminder preceded the threatening reply, according to WSMV.

Police confirmed receiving the text through the campaign and said investigators are looking into the sender. The account does not describe any arrest or charge, and it provides no further details about the investigation. Romero told WSMV that the episode shook her, but she said she was continuing her campaign.

She also said she went to the polls for early voting despite the threat. The article reports no change to her campaign activity or to the voting process beyond Romero’s statement that early voting was proceeding. The Tennessee Lookout headline separately reports that Tennessee Democrats increased funding for key races in a final push toward election day.

It does not identify the races or provide details that connect the funding report to Romero or the threat. The report offers no further information about that campaign spending. The central documented developments are the threatening text, police confirmation, and the investigation into who sent it.

Romero’s account, as reported by WSMV, places the threat alongside the opening of early voting and says she continued campaigning and voted. The police investigation is the next stated action; the article does not specify what investigators will do or when they will provide an update.