Weirich opens campaign headquarters
On Aug. 4, she will face Democratic nominee Steve Mulroy, a law professor and former prosecutor, lawyer and county commissioner.
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On Aug. 4, she will face Democratic nominee Steve Mulroy, a law professor and former prosecutor, lawyer and county commissioner.
Turnout for Tuesday’s primary was 10.7%, the lowest for a county primary since 2014.
Steve Mulroy will face incumbent District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the general elections in August.
Steve Mulroy, Linda Harris and Janika White are contending for the Democratic nomination for the district attorney’s office and the right to challenge District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the August general election.
After hearing candidates speak, the 100 people in attendance at the National Civil Rights Museum used their cell phones to vote for those they wanted the convention to recommend in Shelby County.
The Democratic primary race for district attorney is about to turn from general calls for change to who can upset incumbent Republican Amy Weirich.Related story:
Shelby County Star Trek Day returns with a live event this year Friday, April 8, at Black Lodge Video.
Steve Mulroy said the ethnic makeup of the Shelby County District Attorney’s office does not reflect the city. Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich disputed this, saying her office has made an effort to increase diversity.
Each of the three Democratic primary candidates for Shelby County District Attorney General pledge to make deep reforms in the prosecutor’s office.Related story:
On The Daily Memphian’s On The Record Podcast, the three Democratic primary contenders for Shelby County District Attorney General discussed what happens in the prosecutor’s office on day one if they upset incumbent Amy Weirich in August.
Democrat Ken Moody and Republican Worth Morgan have words of criticism for incumbent Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris as they campaign for his job.
Only nine states in the nation require former felons to pay off fines, fees or court costs before being allowed to vote again. Tennessee is one of them.
Two of the three Democratic candidates running for Shelby County District Attorney came together Monday to call for unity and a change to the criminal justice system by defeating current District Attorney Amy Weirich.
The dollar figures are among the campaign finance reports covering the past six months. They also show Republican county mayoral contender Worth Morgan has a balance of $159,540.
Republican mayoral contender Worth Morgan emphasized his differences on crime with Democratic incumbent Lee Harris. The three Democrats seeking to challenge Republican District Attorney Amy Weirich in August said the prosecutors office would change profoundly if any of them upset Weirich.
The race for District Attorney General is taking shape as a key moment and a key office in the debate about criminal justice reform in a city where violent crime is rising.
Mulroy, a two-term Shelby County commissioner and 2014 candidate for Shelby County mayor, has invited several county elected officials for the Thursday, Dec. 9, announcement in Midtown.
One of the county’s most vocal advocates for a new voting system with hand-marked paper ballots says the push for such a system isn’t part of the national political movement that contends Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.
The local personal injury law marketplace is not for the faint of heart, as legitimate firms spend millions of dollars on advertising and “bad actors” in the profession engage in illegal solicitation of clients that has triggered the attention of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Principal Barton Thorne called it “shocking and disappointing” to be removed for speaking to students about the First Amendment.
Principal’s comments on the power social media and big tech companies have are under scrutiny from Shelby County Schools officials.
Delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine is just another step on the long road toward herd immunity. Getting there will require a level of effectiveness apart from the vaccine itself. History will judge leaders’ success as we all pursue a return to the “old” normal.
Political and cultural division in Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the country, is real. But as polarized as Americans might be, it has been worse and it can get better.
The state's highest court heard the state's appeal of the recent expansion of mail-in absentee voting ordered last month by a Nashville Chancery Court. The state says absentee ballots are a privilege and not a right. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argue that in the current pandemic, in-person voting is a choice for voters between their health and their right to vote.
Actor and activist Ashley Judd campaigned in the city Wednesday for Elizabeth Warren. Rival Michael Bloomberg comes to town Friday, and former Vice President Joe Biden's ads will saturate local television on the way to Super Tuesday.