Justin J. Pearson running for reelection and U.S. House
“We’re not running this campaign against a person. We are running this campaign against a problem. The problem is the status quo,” Congressional contender Justin Pearson told supporters Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, during a rally in the Edge District. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian file)
Races on the May and August ballots continue to take shape ahead of filing deadlines in February and March.
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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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