There are 129 article(s) tagged JB Smiley Jr.:

• September 2019

  • Early voting in city elections picks up pace

    The numbers for early voting in the Oct. 3 Memphis elections show Friday's total was the first this year that exceeded the same day four years ago.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2019

• August 2019

  • Calvo and Smiley council campaigns reflect unique setting for council races

    Mauricio Calvo, on the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, said last year's council deadlock on filling a council vacancy prompted him to run on the Oct. 3 ballot. J.B. Smiley Jr. is making his bid for a different council seat after a bid last year for the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries August 23, 2019

• April 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council contender J.B. Smiley Jr.

    Memphis City Council candidate J.B. Smiley Jr. talks about his bid for a council seat a year after his inaugural run for County Commission.

    By Natalie Van Gundy April 25, 2019

  • Smiley comes to quest for council with lessons learned from 2018 run

    Making his second bid for elected office in a year, J.B. Smiley Jr. says his city council campaign this year is a mix of millennials and local political veterans.

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2019