Election fever was top of the fold last week both locally and across the U.S. In Memphis, the congressional district elections, along with the governor’s race and others, saw some familiar faces move to new roles. Notably, state Sen. Brent Taylor is headed to Washington, D.C., as the Congressman-elect for Tennessee’s district 9. The seat has been held by Memphis Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen for nearly two decades, but Republican gerrymandering efforts this year redrew the boundaries to favor a flip from blue to red. Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is going from D.C. to Nashville after being elected governor of Tennessee, the first woman to ever hold the job of the state’s top executive.

Meanwhile, the two candidates who Taylor and Blackburn defeated accepted their losses while pointing to the future and the margins. State Rep. Justin J. Pearson heads back to the Tennessee House next year, having lost a “rigged” congressional seat by about 2,500 votes, or 1.1 percentage points. And Memphis City Councilwoman Jerri Green, who lost by 2.5 percentage points, vowed to “get back to work.”

Read our full Nov. 3 election coverage here.

In other news:

State agencies are tightening SNAP approvals to avoid federal penalties while nearly 18,000 Shelby County residents have fallen off the benefit rolls over the past year.

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee has agreed to step aside from presiding over the case of Andrew Hayes after the defense challenged Coffee’s impartiality. Hayes is trying to have his 2010 murder conviction overturned.

And the story of a black-and-white pit bull, who spent most of his life in a small kennel at the Humane Society, has a happy ending. You can call him King Arthur, now.

— Metro editor Jane Donahoe

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See the winners and results.

Republican Brent Taylor flips US House seat from blue to red By Laura Testino, John Klyce

Marsha Blackburn elected Tennessee governor in close race with Memphian Jerri Green By Bill Dries, Noah McLane

Huseth wins state House race in 97th District By Steve Bohnel

Why hasn't Mississippi's US Senate race been called? By Aarron Fleming

Former City Council chair plans run to replace Brent Taylor's state Senate seat By Samuel Hardiman

Blackburn names new transition head, plans Tennessee DOGE effort By Bill Dries

Jerri Green and her supporters were beaten — but not defeated By Noah McLane

Pearson accepts loss in congressional race while decrying 'rigged maps' By The Daily Memphian Staff

Red wall or rising blue wave? Tennessee's midterms split along party lines By Bill Dries

Former judge who resigned from bench has died By Jody Callahan

Analysis: How Tennessee’s congressional delegation changed with Tuesday’s elections By Samuel Hardiman

Mid-South Food Bank scrambles to fill the gap as SNAP rules tighten By Brandon LaGrone II

Judge recuses himself in wrongful-conviction case By Mary Evans

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