‘Wild, wild west:’ Write-in race for Hardaway house seat heats up

By , Daily Memphian Published: June 22, 2026 9:48 AM CT

Three candidates are planning write-in campaigns for the District 93 House seat most recently held by G.A. Hardaway. 

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2026 elections Britney Thornton Lashanta Rudd T.J. Hardaway G.A. Hardaway state House District 93 Willie Simon

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Bill Dries

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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