Memphis mayoral debate among five contenders puts 2023 race in spotlight
The 6 p.m. debate at the Halloran Centre at the Orpheum is open to the public but guests must register via Eventbrite due to limited seating.
The Monday debate at Halloran Centre, presented by The Daily Memphian, is about crime and criminal justice. The race to be the next mayor, however, is still a struggle largely taking place out of public view.
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He is a native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown. He has covered Memphis since 2018.
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