Turning Memphis red dominates Trump’s Clarksville stop
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at F&M Bank Arena on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Clarksville. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Also in the political roundup, Tennessee’s GOP chairman talks about midterm trends, Justin J. Pearson’s ban letter goes public before he gets a copy and breaking ground for the new OUTMemphis center comes with culture war impact.
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Donald Trump Marsha Blackburn Brent Taylor Justin J. Pearson Jerri Green Memphis City Council Jana Swearengen-Washington Cameron Sexton data center moratorium OUTMemphis Molly QuinnBill 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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