There are 21 article(s) tagged 2022 district attorney race:

• August 2022

  • Sanford: Election outcome was emphatic message of rejection to the GOP

    “An overwhelming majority of local voters believe Republicans have allowed the inmates to run the asylum. And the local party is paying the price.”

    By Otis Sanford August 05, 2022

  • 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.

    By Julia Baker, Alicia Davidson August 05, 2022

• July 2022

  • Sanford: With the election in the home stretch, here are the races to watch

    “A lot is at stake up and down the ballot. And it’s important that all eligible voters voice their choice.”

    By Otis Sanford July 28, 2022

  • Q&A with DA incumbent Amy Weirich

    Republican Shelby County District Attorney General nominee Amy Weirich answers questioned posed by The Daily Memphian. 

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    Q&A with DA candidate Steve Mulroy

    By Julia Baker July 25, 2022

  • 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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    Q&A with DA incumbent Amy Weirich

    By Julia Baker July 25, 2022

  • 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.

    By Julia Baker July 14, 2022

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries July 05, 2022

• June 2022

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries June 28, 2022

  • 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.

    By Julia Baker June 14, 2022

• April 2022

  • People’s Convention selects endorsements for Democratic primary

    After hearing candidates speak, the 100 people in attendance at the National Civil Rights Museum used their cell phones to vote for those they wanted the convention to recommend in Shelby County. 

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2022

  • Political Roundup: DA’s race goes critical, August ballot shakeout

    The Democratic primary race for district attorney is about to turn from general calls for change to who can upset incumbent Republican Amy Weirich.

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    Ballot basics: Early voting begins

    By Bill Dries April 12, 2022

  • What a Democratic District Attorney’s office would look like

    Each of the three Democratic primary candidates for Shelby County District Attorney General pledge to make deep reforms in the prosecutor’s office.

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    What change in the DA’s office could look like on first day

    By Bill Dries April 04, 2022

• March 2022

  • What change in the DA’s office could look like on first day

    On The Daily Memphian’s On The Record Podcast, the three Democratic primary contenders for Shelby County District Attorney General discussed what happens in the prosecutor’s office on day one if they upset incumbent Amy Weirich in August.

    By Bill Dries March 30, 2022

  • Moody’s friends come forward as he challenges Harris, hints at revealing memos

    Democrat Ken Moody and Republican Worth Morgan have words of criticism for incumbent Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris as they campaign for his job. 

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2022

• February 2022

  • Political Roundup: From local elections to international events

    Janika White opened her campaign for District Attorney General Saturday while federal legislators from Tennessee weighed in on the Ukraine situation. 

    By Bill Dries February 26, 2022

  • Democratic DA’s field firms up ahead of Thursday filing deadline

    On the way to the deadline for the May county primaries, the race for a new Cordova County Commission seat has grown and there are early moves by state Rep. London Lamar on the August ballot.

    By Bill Dries February 16, 2022

• January 2022

  • Political Roundup: Sugarmon opens for Juvenile Court Judge as races heat up

    Candidates who won’t be on the ballot until August are actively campaigning along with those in partisan races whose first hurdle is the May county primaries.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2022

  • WATCH: Conversation about violent crime about to heat up

    Josh Spickler, of the criminal justice reform group Just City, said on WKNO’s Behind The Headlines that there is another side to allegations the county’s criminal justice system is a ‘revolving door.’

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2022

• December 2021

  • Attorney Janika White joins Democratic primary for DA

    White makes the Democratic primary race a three-way contest with the winner in May expected to challenge Republican DA Amy Weirich in the August county general elections.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2021

  • Mulroy makes three as he announces for high-profile DA race

    The race for District Attorney General is taking shape as a key moment and a key office in the debate about criminal justice reform in a city where violent crime is rising.

    By Bill Dries December 09, 2021

  • Mulroy likely to enter District Attorney General’s race

    Mulroy, a two-term Shelby County commissioner and 2014 candidate for Shelby County mayor, has invited several county elected officials for the Thursday, Dec. 9, announcement in Midtown.

    By Bill Dries December 08, 2021