Biden expresses optimism as vote count continues
The fate of the presidency hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fight for the last handful of battleground states.
Topic: 2020 presidential campaign
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November 2020
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August 2020
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Kanye West petition for state’s presidential ballot includes familiar Memphis names
West qualified for the Tennessee presidential ballot this week with two members of the Ford family among those who signed from Memphis. The effort also included signatures from the Nashville and Clarksville areas.
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March 2020
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Minor changes mark Super Tuesday certification by Election Commission
None of the changes in vote totals affect the outcome of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries and countywide primaries for General Sessions Court Clerk in Shelby County. The meeting is one of the last in-person deliberations by a public body as elected bodies move to online or conference call public meetings.
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Local Democrats choose delegates to summer convention
Most of the delegates for the Democratic National Convention from the 9th Congressional District go to former vice president Joe Biden. The delegate selection was moved online because of the COVID-19 virus.
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Tennessee Democrats gather by teleconference to select convention delegates
Tennessee Democrats will teleconference by Congressional Districts Saturday, March 20, to select delegates to the summer’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. -
Bernie-Biden partisans gather for round one of delegate selection
The countywide Democratic party convention Saturday at Kirby High School is the first of two steps in selecting delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.
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Local Democratic Party chairman questions Bloomberg’s message
Michael Harris and party Democratic Party Vice Chair Sarah Beth Larson also talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about Saturday’s local Democratic convention, the first of two steps to select delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention.
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Observations from a presidential campaign stop
Presidential campaign culture has some rules and habits that change over time and as technology changes. Here are a few observed locally in the campaign to Super Tuesday.
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Super Tuesday follows pattern: Low turnout compared to general election
Memphians likely got their closest view of the presidential campaigns in the lead-up to Super Tuesday. The state isn't considered a battleground state in the general election.
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Biden takes state and Shelby County in strong showing
Biden won big in the county and across the state with Bloomberg betting big on Super Tuesday as his entry point to the Democratic nomination. Bloomberg's early organization in Memphis proved no match for Biden's post-South Carolina momentum.
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Super Tuesday: Here’s the rundown on Shelby County
Polls across Shelby County are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday with the state's presidential primaries topping the ballot. The presidential campaign Memphis voters saw for the past year has been mostly on the Democratic side with a few appearances by the contenders themselves.
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Jill Biden visit, Bloomberg rally mark days before Democratic primary
Joe Biden's wife pushed for votes Sunday during brunch time in South Main. Signs of other Democratic contenders were close by. And a Bloomberg rally Saturday in West Memphis featured five mayors supporting the former New York City mayor. Tennessee's primary is Tuesday as part of the 14-state Super Tuesday set of primaries.
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February 2020
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Nelson finds comparisons and contrast between Clinton and Trump
Presidential historian Michael Nelson of Rhodes College has a new book about the Clinton presidency and the former Arkansas governor's two runs for the White House. On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Nelson linked Clinton's influence and time in power to the course that brought Donald Trump to the White House.
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Bloomberg: Trump ‘buried his head in the sand’ over coronavirus threat
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg took jabs at President Trump and his Democratic rivals during a Memphis stop Friday morning.
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As primary nears, campaigns heat up for ‘election of a lifetime’
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.
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Sanders supporters band together for Vermont senator
The last weekend of early voting in Shelby County saw the local Sanders campaign buoyed by caucus results in Nevada and a similar grass roots strategy unfolding in Memphis from rival Democrats in the race for the Democratic nomination.
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Presidential politics ramps up as primaries near
Several of the Democratic presidential campaigns started looking for Memphis votes on the first weekend of the early voting period with local politicos leading the charge to the March 3 election day.
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Democratic presidential camps emerge to boost early voting
The first numbers from the start of early voting are strong and much higher than the same point in early voting four years ago.
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Bloomberg supporters ask, ‘What is the strategy?’
Early voting opens Wednesday in Shelby County in the Tennessee presidential primaries.
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Strickland stumps for Bloomberg
As the Democratic presidential contenders look for last-minute votes in New Hampshire Tuesday, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland will be campaigning for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Jackson, Tennessee. -
Surrogates blazing trail for Democratic presidential contenders
The campaigns of several Democratic presidential contenders are looking for votes in the state's largest base of blue voters. But so far, it has been surrogates speaking to Memphians.
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Bloomberg opens Memphis HQ as August ballot starts to take shape
Early voting in the state’s presidential primary is a week away.
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Democratic presidential contenders look toward Tennessee
The morning after the Iowa Democratic caucuses, the presidential contenders were waiting on delayed results but were also making campaign moves in March Super Tuesday primary states including Tennessee.
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Monday marks busy day on local political calendar
As the Iowa presidential caucuses get underway Monday, it also marks the last day to register to vote in the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries and the first day for candidates in the August state and federal primaries to pull and file their paperwork to get on the ballot.
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January 2020
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Bipartisan division, frustration simmer beneath county’s blue surface
The jury is still out on whether Memphis will see much of the presidential campaigns a week away from the Iowa caucuses. But the divide over impeachment and social issues in a divided America is still evident in a blue county within a red state.
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