Brown and Boyd to meet in August in only countywide race of election year
Supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden cheer as the presidential hopeful is projected as the Tennessee Super Tuesday winner during a watch party on Tuesday March. 3, 2020, at the Rec Room. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
General Sessions Court clerk hopeful Del Gill (right) watches voter returns with Charley Burch (left) during a Super Tuesday watch party on Tuesday March. 3, 2020, at the Craft Republic. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Laura Howell, a supporter of former Vice President Joe Biden, watches Super Tuesday voter returns during a watch party on March. 3, 2020, at the Rec Room. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Houston Wolf (middle) looks at his phone during a Super Tuesday watch party on Tuesday March. 3, 2020, at Craft Republic. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
While the fight was for second place in the Democratic primary field of 13, Joe Brown emerged the victor in his second election in a year. He faces Republican Paul Boyd, upset in a Probate Court re-election bid two years ago in the August county general election.
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