After last year’s try at DA, Janika White eyes council race
Then-Shelby County District Attorney candidate Janika White speaks during the People's Convention 2022 at the National Civil Rights Museum Apr. 23, 2022. White pulled her qualifying petition Friday, July 7, 2023, for the Super District 8 Position 2 of the Memphis City Council. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
White finished second to Steve Mulroy in the May 2022 Democratic primary for Shelby County District Attorney General. Meanwhile, the official field for Memphis mayor stands at eight ahead of the July 20 qualifying deadline.
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