Local Democratic reaction to Biden withdrawal is backing for Harris
President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo file)
Local Democratic elected officials reacted to President Joe Biden’s decision to call off his reelection bid Sunday, July 21, and support Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee for president.
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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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