New opinion says Memphis mayoral candidates need not live in city
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., along side his wife Audrey who announced his bid for mayor last month, lives in Bartlett and has said he plans to move back to Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Attorney Allan Wade — in a legal opinion from last week made public Wednesday, Nov. 9 — said a 1996 amendment to the city charter makes living in the city a qualification to hold the office, not run for the office.
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