There are 16 article(s) tagged Chris Tutor:

• April 2021

  • Shelby GOP chairman won’t seek another term

    Tutor says the next local party chairman has a chance to win back countywide offices in 2022 that Republicans lost due to what Tutor says was the result of anti-Trump sentiment.

    By Bill Dries April 02, 2021

• January 2021

  • Sanford: At this swearing-in, unity is missing, replaced by anxiety

    On Jan. 20, 2009, there was remarkable unity and mutual respect among those in an inauguration crowd estimated at 1.8 million. Now, 12 years later, Jan. 20 promises to be a day of anticipation mixed with anxiety.

    By Otis Sanford January 14, 2021

• November 2020

  • Local GOP, Democratic chairmen differ on needs in Nashville

    On Behind The Headlines, Republican Party Chairman Chris Tutor says “don’t vote Democrat” if you want to see Memphis have more power in the state capitol. Democratic Party Chairman Michael Harris says Republicans in state government are explicitly ignoring Memphis.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2020

• October 2020

  • Early voting opens with expectation of large turnout for presidential general election

    The chairs of the two local parties say interest is high in the election and they anticipate a higher turnout than four years ago, starting with early voting.

    Related Stories:

    • Election Commission clears backlog of absentee ballot requests
    • Ballot Basics: Early Voting Oct. 14-29
    • Suburban down-ballot races are competitive

    By Bill Dries October 14, 2020

• July 2020

  • Voter registration deadline for August election likely to pass quietly

    The deadline is the end of the business day Tuesday for those not already registered. But 83% of the county's voting age population is already on the voting rolls. Meanwhile, about 7,500 Shelby Countians already registered to vote have requested absentee ballots — far above the usual number of requests for the mail-in ballots.

    By Bill Dries July 07, 2020

  • Shelby Republicans open campaign headquarters

    The Cordova headquarters opening spotlighted the only countywide race on the August ballot – the race for General Sessions Court Clerk between Democrat Joe Brown and Republican Paul Boyd.

    By Bill Dries July 06, 2020

• March 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries March 03, 2020

• February 2020

  • Local GOP chairman sees Shelby County as purple beyond presidential election year

    The declaration by Chris Tutor on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast echoes a recent message by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris. Tutor also says he sees Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as the Democratic presidential nominee and challenger to President Donald Trump.

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2020

  • Politics Podcast: The Republican side of the Tennessee Presidential Primary

    Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor on Trump, who the Democrats are likely to nominate and why Shelby County is purple, not blue.

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2020

  • What’s in a name? If it’s ‘clerk,’ it can be a tough race to sell

    The March primaries, which lead to the only general election for a countywide position this election year, is the latest skirmish between two factions – those who work in the clerk's offices and those who don't but who have name recognition from other races.

    By Bill Dries February 13, 2020

• September 2019

  • Shelby County’s longest-serving commissioner, Mark Billingsley, to lead as new chairman

    With seven years on the Shelby County Commission, newly elected chairman Mark Billingsley believes the current commission is willing to collaborate for the good of the county.

    By Linda A. Moore September 04, 2019

• August 2019

  • Lee touts ‘conservative values’ at Lincoln Day gala, Kustoff calls impeachment ‘giant time suck’

    The local Republican party will win elections again, the chairman of the Shelby County GOP vowed Friday at the party’s annual Lincoln Day Gala.

    By Bill Dries August 26, 2019

• February 2019

  • Shelby County GOP leader: No ‘ideological litmus test’ as party rebuilds

    Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor says his conservative views expressed at a party convention Sunday are his own beliefs but don't reflect the platform of the local party as it rebuilds. 

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor

    Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor talks about the call and debate by some Republicans to do away with partisan county primaries and his vision of a “big tent” for the local party.

    By Natalie Van Gundy February 27, 2019

  • Tutor vows ‘big tent’ local Republican Party rebuilding effort

    Chris Tutor, the new chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party, says it will be hard to rebuild the local party after a Democratic sweep of county elections last year. 

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2019

  • Local Republican Party leadership changes, looks for bigger tent after disastrous 2018 county elections

    The only contender so far for the leadership of the Shelby County Republican Party said the local party needs candidates who are more representative and the party needs to seek out African-American and Hispanic voters.

    By Bill Dries February 11, 2019