Political Roundup: 901 Day, too many candidates and not enough votes
Memphis Mayoral contender Van Turner returned to Health Sciences Park one year to the day he announced his candidacy for mayor on 901 Day. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Van Turner and Paul Young started their mayoral campaigns a year ago on 901 Day. A year later, they talk about what separates each in a pack of 17 candidates.
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2023 Memphis Mayor's race Van Turner Paul Young Gloria Johnson school board primariesBill Dries on demand
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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.
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