There are 14 article(s) tagged 2022 county primaries:

• May 2022

  • 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.

    By Otis Sanford May 05, 2022

  • What Harris’ big win in the mayoral primary says about the general election

    The Daily Memphian’s On The Record podcast reviews the results from Tuesday’s county primaries with a look ahead to the August county general election.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2022

  • Three Democratic clerks fall to rival Democrats in Tuesday primaries

    Only one of the incumbent Democratic clerks from 2018’s Democratic sweep of the offices was without a challenge from within the party. Three of the incumbents didn’t survive to advance to the August county general election.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2022

  • Shante Avant wins Democratic primary race for County Commission District 5

    “It’s quite simple, the Democrat primary voters have decided who they want as their candidate,” Folsom said. “It was a well-fought race despite the incredibly low turnout.”

    By Alicia Davidson May 04, 2022

  • Steve Mulroy wins Democratic primary for DA

    Steve Mulroy will face incumbent District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the general elections in August. 

    By Julia Baker May 04, 2022

  • Morrison edges Carpenter in District 4 Republican race

    District 4 was the only contested Republican race on the May 3 ballot.

    By Abigail Warren May 04, 2022

  • County primaries draw turnout of 11%, set stage for August

    Election for mayor narrows to a race between the incumbent and a Memphis City Council member. 

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2022

  • Harris wins mayoral primary handily, faces Morgan in August

    Incumbent Democratic County Mayor Lee Harris defeated challenger Ken Moody. Harris said he expects a hard-fought contest in the general election contest with Republican nominee Worth Morgan. 

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2022

  • County primary election day offers more decisions for Democrats than Republicans

    For Republicans, there is only one contested race to be decided out of 23 on the primary ballot — the District 4 County Commission primary between incumbent Brandon Morrison and challenger Jordan Carpenter. 

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2022

• April 2022

  • Early voting expected to increase in final four days

    Almost 16,000 Shelby Countians had voted early through Saturday. Early voting ends Thursday and the final four days of the two-week voting period usually record the heaviest turnout judging by past elections in the same cycle.

    By Bill Dries April 25, 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

  • Sanford: For Democrats, county primary is a free-for-all with little voter interest

    The Democratic primary ballot has 55 candidates running in 22 of the 24 races. A dozen races have three or more candidates. 

    By Otis Sanford April 21, 2022

• January 2022

  • Field of contenders grows for May county primaries

    So far, 43 contenders have pulled qualifying petitions to get on the May 3 county primary ballot. Three have also filed their petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries January 01, 2022

• December 2021

  • Filing period begins for Shelby County primary

    Starting Monday, Dec 20, candidates in the May 3 Shelby County primaries can begin filing qualifying petitions to get on the ballot. And there are some changes in the partisan primaries this year.

    By Bill Dries December 20, 2021