Van Turner kicks off Memphis mayor’s race as his commission term ends
Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner graduated from Whitehaven High School and is the president of the NAACP’s Memphis Branch. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner will declare he’s in the running for the new Memphis mayor Thursday, Sept. 1, at the former home to Confederate monuments.
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