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August 2022
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Transitions and certified vote totals fuel move to November ballot
The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast takes a closer look at the numbers in the certified vote totals from August, previews the nearly complete November ballot and features a few political notes.
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Mulroy begins recruitment process for DA’s office
Mulroy is looking to fill 12 vacancies in the District Attorney’s office as he expects some employees and prosecutors to leave, including a few resignations that had already been planned.
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New bail courtroom wins county funding in rare joint appearance by Weirich and Mulroy
The new court is expected to hold full hearings on bail requests; its creation was prompted by threats of a lawsuit over the way bail is handled in Shelby County and the success of a similar lawsuit in another jurisdiction.
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Steve Mulroy defeats Amy Weirich in District Attorney race
Democrat Steve Mulroy declared victory over incumbent Republican Amy Weirich late Thursday evening in the race for Shelby County District Attorney, but Weirich had not conceded defeat.
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Harris, Mulroy, Halbert claim early vote, term limits extension losing
The early and absentee votes are the first to be counted once the polls are closed. The numbers here are the early vote only with separate totals not posted yet on absentee votes.
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Mulroy calls on Weirich to recuse herself from case against radio host
Steve Mulroy, the Democratic nominee for District Attorney in Thursday’ election, is calling on opponent Amy Weirich, the current DA, to recuse herself from criminal charges her office is pursuing against a radio host who interviewed her last month.
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July 2022
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How Tennessee DAs will find out about, and prosecute, abortions
Some observers believe ride share app records, credit card statements, internet search histories and more could be used to prosecute Tennessee abortion providers when the state’s near-total ban goes into effect Aug. 25.
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Mulroy endorsed by prominent national figures in district attorney race
The endorsements come as other progressive district attorneys nationwide have faced problems.
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Guest column: The DA’s authority over abortion laws and other issues define the race
ACLU-TN poll shows residents’ priorities for district attorneys on abortion, jail time, cash bail, and other issues.
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Q&A with DA candidate Steve Mulroy
Democratic District Attorney General nominee Steve Mulroy answers questioned posed by The Daily Memphian.
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District Attorney candidates debate during Rotary Club lunch
Amy Weirich, the incumbent Republican District Attorney, and Democratic challenger Steve Mulroy discussed truth in sentencing, gun theft, violent crime and more.
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Sanford: Party loyalty, prosecutorial philosophy will dictate outcome of DA’s race
Republican incumbent Amy Weirich is in a fierce battle with Democratic challenger Steve Mulroy as she seeks to hang on to the job of Shelby County’s top prosecutor for another eight years.
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Weirich, Mulroy clash on abortion prosecutions and focus of DA’s race
The two contenders for Shelby County District Attorney met on “Behind The Headlines” for a discussion on local enforcement of the state’s abortion trigger law, balancing reform with accountability, murder convictions overturned on appeal and dueling campaign ads.
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Abortion law changes leave air of uncertainty for many
Sara Dismuke, like many, has questions about reproductive rights in the post Roe v. Wade era.
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June 2022
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Three major countywide races in August may mean change
A reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines” discusses the nature of change that might occur due to the major countywide races to be decided in the August election.
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NAACP calls for better paper ballot backups for August elections
The Memphis Branch NAACP and other organizations say problems at an early voting location ahead of the May county primary election day have prompted their push for paper ballots as a backup.
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‘Unwelcome wagon,’ Trump’s remarks in Nashville set stage for Southaven visit
The former president, the headliner at a conservative political conference on Saturday, offered a preview during a speech in Nashville of what he is likely to say.
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Two law-enforcement unions endorse Amy Weirich for district attorney
Weirich, a Republican who has been in office since 2011, is running for reelection. She faces Democrat Steve Mulroy in the August county general election.
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Heated County Commission debate results in new voting system for November
The commission voted to fund a new voting system with both touch-screen machines with a paper trail as well as hand-marked paper ballots.
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Democrats urge County Commission to vote against new voting machines
The vote could settle a nearly 20-year debate between a Democratic-majority Board of County Commissioners, which favors hand-marked paper ballots, and a Republican-majority Shelby County Election Commission, which believes ballot marking devices should be implemented.
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May 2022
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Political Roundup: The primary issue. Do we still need them?
A call to end county primary elections draws fire during the “On The Record” podcast as Democrats tout their countywide slate in Germantown and Republican mayoral nominee Worth Morgan opens his campaign headquarters in East Memphis.
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A broader look into factors contributing to school shootings
An incident involving a student with a gun at White Station High School last week, following on the heels of the Uvalde, Texas, mass school shooting earlier in the week, was but the latest reminder of the increasing frequency of mass shootings. Leaders continue to struggle to find solutions.
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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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Sanford: It’s time to end costly, divisive, disinterested county primaries
Turnout for Tuesday’s primary was 10.7%, the lowest for a county primary since 2014.
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