Seven candidates stake out positions at Democratic county mayoral forum
Candidates for Shelby County mayor vied for voters at the Shelby County Democratic Party’s mayoral forum at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Feb. 23, 2026. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The candidates each talked about their differences with each other as the campaigns move past introductions.
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Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church 2026 County Mayor's Race Shelby County Democratic Party JB Smiley Jr. Marie Feagins Heidi Kuhn Mickell Lowery Rusty Qualls Melvin Burgess Jr. Harold CollinsBill Dries on demand
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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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