There are 168 article(s) tagged 2023 Memphis Mayor's race:

• May 2023

  • City Council isn’t taking a stand on residency in mayoral race

    A resolution to back a five-year requirement for those running for Memphis mayor and Memphis City Council was tabled Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2023

  • Memphis City Council considers taking stand on mayor’s race

    Some council members claim they came to a “consensus” about entering the lawsuit at a closed May 2 meeting with their attorney without taking a formal vote on it.

    By Bill Dries May 15, 2023

  • Mayoral residency lawsuit narrows to city council and administration

    The Shelby County Election Commission is about to be dropped entirely from the lawsuits over how long mayoral candidates have to live in the city. 

    By Bill Dries May 09, 2023

  • Council attorney says 1992 resolution authorizes lawsuit against mayor

    A lawsuit filed on behalf of the Memphis City Council, though without explicit council approval, about residency requirements for those candidates running for mayor raises questions about the charter.

    Related story:

    City Council chair says body did not vote to file residency lawsuit

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries May 09, 2023

  • Strickland says many details of juvenile curfew still uncertain

    On WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said he is still working through details of the Downtown juvenile curfew, is worried about a new ordinance limiting traffic stops, and will not weigh in on residency.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2023

  • Group that funded 2023 mayor’s race poll identified, plans another one

    The Greater 901 Initiative, a political action committee, was identified as the group paying for the earlier poll in an email sent out Tuesday evening.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 03, 2023

  • Van Turner says he lives in Binghampton, though MLGW bills show he doesn’t use any water

    Memphis mayoral hopeful Van Turner says his Binghampton home needs work but is his residence. MLGW bills show no water usage since the house’s MLGW bill was put in Turner’s name late last year.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 03, 2023

  • Five-year mayoral residency requirement in effect, city attorney says

    Memphis City Attorney Jennifer Sink has taken the stance the City of Memphis' five-year residency requirement for mayoral candidates is in effect.

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries May 01, 2023

• April 2023

  • Mayoral forum covers police reform, MATA and city funding for education

    Six contenders in the race for Memphis mayor spoke at an event organized by Commit to Memphis at Mosaic Commons, also known as Mosaic Church in Midtown.

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2023

  • Memphis’ mayoral residency issue is confusing. Here are the key takeaways.

    The City of Memphis’ five-year residency requirement for elected officials goes back to 1905. So why is it up for debate now? And when will we know who is eligible to run for Memphis’ next mayor? 

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries April 28, 2023

  • Opinion: The next mayor of Memphis should be a Memphian

    “Memphis should be led by someone who actually lives here, is committed to the city, and has demonstrated that commitment throughout their career.”

    By John Carroll April 27, 2023

  • Strickland won’t testify in mayoral residency suit

    Meanwhile, some city council members are calling in city chief legal officer Jennifer Sink to take a stand on what the residency requirement is for those running for mayor.

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2023

  • Memphis mayoral debate among five contenders puts 2023 race in spotlight

    The Monday debate at Halloran Centre, presented by The Daily Memphian, is about crime and criminal justice. The race to be the next mayor, however, is still a struggle largely taking place out of public view.

    By Bill Dries, Samuel Hardiman April 25, 2023

  • Mayoral hopeful: We need ‘to amp up’ MPD numbers, quality

    Watch five mayoral candidates discuss local crime and criminal justice issues during last night’s Daily Memphian mayoral debate. 

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2023

  • Daily Memphian to host Memphis mayoral debate

    Five of the 11 declared mayoral contenders will debate crime, policing and criminal justice at the April 24 event at The Halloran Centre at the Orpheum, which will also be live-streamed on The Daily Memphian site.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2023

  • Election Commission subpoenas Strickland in mayoral residency suit

    The city administration has declined to take a side on whether it believes the five-year residency requirement is in effect. That puts the city between the Election Commission, which wants some kind of court ruling on what the requirement is, and two mayoral candidates whose attorneys say they will pursue who raised the residency issue in the first place.

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries April 19, 2023

  • Paul Young still has the most money in 2023 Memphis mayor’s race

    Mayoral contender Paul Young has the largest campaign war chest across the last six months of campaigning. He also raised the most money in campaign finance reports covering the first three months of 2023.

    By Bill Dries April 14, 2023

  • May 1 hearing date set for city mayor residency legal dispute

    Attorneys for the Shelby County Election Commission also renewed a motion to dismiss the residency lawsuit. And a notice that the commission would enforce a five-year residency requirement has been removed from its website.

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2023

  • City’s attorney won’t issue opinion on mayoral residency requirement

    The lack of official opinion from Sink won’t help clear up any of the existing ambiguity about the residency requirement, which could upend the 2023 Memphis mayoral race.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 03, 2023

  • Memphis mayoral residency lawsuits combined, city remains out of lawsuit for now

    Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins denied a motion to make the city of Memphis part of the lawsuit. But he consolidated two legal challenges to the City of Memphis’ five-year mayoral residency requirement Friday. 

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries April 03, 2023

• March 2023

  • Political Roundup: Elections warm up with residency challenge, People’s Convention, council races

    The lawsuits over the five-year residency rule in the mayor’s race get their first court hearing Friday. Meanwhile, four of the mayoral contenders show up for a People’s Convention gathering at LeMoyne-Owen College and council candidates Meggan Kiel and Pearl Walker kick off their bids.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2023

  • GOP chairman returns with call for party broader than Trump

    Cary Vaughn was re-elected Shelby County Republican chairman at the local party’s biennial convention, with a call for new blood and a focus on common ground.

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2023

  • Political Roundup: Conventions, a mayor’s race reshuffle and residency notes

    As the People’s Convention begins this weekend, local Republicans will decide if they’ll stick with the party’s current leader. Plus, two contenders for the local Democratic party head, more on the mayoral residency issue and who could be waiting in the wings.

    By Bill Dries March 23, 2023

  • Behind The Headlines: The gap in juvenile justice

    A discussion about juvenile justice reform on “Behind The Headlines,” months after reform candidates were elected district attorney general and juvenile court judge, finds a gap between juvenile detention and releasing juveniles to keep them out of the system.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2023

  • Turner files second mayoral residency requirement challenge

    Turner’s lawsuit is likely to be combined with a similar challenge of the five-year residency requirement filed Monday by Sheriff Floyd Bonner.

    By Bill Dries March 17, 2023