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Now that five city charter referendums have moved to the November ballot, the Memphis City Council will probably consider whether it wants to spend city money on a campaign for the set of five proposals.
Wesley Wright has decided not to run for reelection as a Lakeland commissioner in November but is not closing the book on his political career.
The five ballot questions to go on the Aug. 1 ballot didn’t make the deadline for public notice. There was no City Council vote to move them to November.
Justin J. Pearson opens his third campaign for the state House in a year and a half. State Senator Brent Taylor reacts to the Trump conviction, and Natalie McKinney opens her challenge of MSCS board chairman Althea Greene.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Gloria Johnson campaigns in Memphis over the long holiday weekend and hopes Democrats throw national support behind her effort to upset incumbent Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn.
The political roundup reviews Mayor Paul Young’s tax-hike pitch to citizens in Orange Mound. Also Justin J. Pearson on the shaky state of Democratic unity, and Telisa Franklin opens her campaign for the District 96 seat.
A law passed last year requires polling places to post warning signs stating that it’s a crime for someone to vote in a political party’s primary if they are not a bona fide member of that party.
Marquita Bradshaw is running again statewide after a surprising Democratic primary victory four years ago in her first Senate race. Meanwhile, Whitehaven has a new Republican organization.
U.S. Rep. David Kustoff, R-Germantown, is also running unopposed in his August primary after the state GOP kicked perennial contender George Flinn out of the primary.
“Mayor Mike Wissman and a couple of town aldermen won their reelection this week even though Arlington voters don’t go to the polls until Aug. 1.”
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. David Kustoff, both Republicans, and Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen all face challengers in the August primaries as well as the November general election.
The April 4 deadline to get on the August ballot saw action in races for five seats on the school board. In primaries for Shelby County state legislative seats, four incumbents won reelection at the deadline.
With the qualifying deadline passing on Thursday, Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman will win his fourth term as mayor since no candidates emerged to challenge him.
The political roundup recaps some of the major action just ahead of the April 4 deadline for candidates to get on the August ballot.
Former County Commissioner Tami Sawyer meets Republican Lisa Arnold in August in the general election race for General Sessions Court Clerk. The presidential primary results mirrored the state.
Here is everything you need to know about voting in the Tennessee Presidential primary and the Shelby County primary for General Sessions Court clerk.
The Super Tuesday set of 16 presidential state primary elections means polls are open Tuesday, March 5, in Shelby County. None of the presidential contenders have campaigned in the county ahead of election day. But there has been some action in the Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk. Ballot Basics: How to vote on the Super Tuesday election dayRelated story:
The 12-day early voting period saw Democratic primary turnout drop to less than half what it was four years ago while Republican primary turnout was off by almost 1,500 from 2020.
Early voting in the presidential and General Sessions Court clerk primaries ends Feb. 27. Super Tuesday early voting in Shelby County was almost three times higher among Democrats four years ago than it is currently.
All of the suburbs will hold elections this year, most of them in November, dealing with alderman and school board offices with a few mayors for good measure.
With Kay Williams deciding not to run again, the Arlington Board of Education will see at least one new member after the August election.
Turnout through the first five days of early voting in the Democratic primaries shows to be half of what it was four years ago at the same time.
Collierville residents have several local races to consider when they vote this fall.
Early voting in 2024’s first election in Shelby County begins Wednesday, Feb. 14. The Tennessee presidential primaries top the ballot, but Memphis voters haven’t seen much of the presidential campaigns this year.
On the ballot are the Tennessee Republican and Democratic presidential primaries and countywide primaries for General Sessions Court Clerk.