There are 29 article(s) tagged General Sessions Court Clerk:

• August 2024

  • Tami Sawyer takes oath as General Sessions Court clerk

    The former county commissioner and a set of 15 appointed staff members formally take office Sept. 1 in the office that administers the day-to-day business of the largest court in the state.

    By Bill Dries August 29, 2024

  • The race for General Sessions Court clerk and why it’s important

    Lisa Arnold and Tami Sawyer are the candidates in the only countywide race on the Aug. 1 ballot. The election will mean a change in the administrator and records keeper for the state’s largest court system.

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    By Bill Dries August 03, 2024

  • Lisa Arnold, Tami Sawyer on their qualifications for General Sessions Court clerk

    Here is what the two contenders for General Sessions Court clerk told The Daily Memphian about their qualifications to be the next clerk of the largest court system in the state.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2024

  • Lisa Arnold, Tami Sawyer on their plans if elected General Sessions Court clerk

    Here is what the two contenders for General Sessions Court clerk told The Daily Memphian about what they each would do if they win the Aug. 1 election.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2024

  • Political Roundup: What to look for election night, Chairman Whaley and November referendums

    The vote totals in Thursday’s race for General Sessions Court clerk could be a larger political indicator than who is the next clerk. Also reaction from Cohen, Kustoff and Blackburn to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2024

  • Sawyer says Republican strategy in clerk’s race backfired

    Clerk-elect Tami Sawyer said her opponent’s campaign focus on Sawyer’s activist roots was ignored by voters. “I talked about my priorities. The other party talked about me,” she told The Daily Memphian.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2024

• July 2024

  • Opinion: General Sessions Court clerk is key to the justice system

    “People ask, ‘What can I do about crime?’ If you are a resident of Shelby County, then voting on Aug. 1 for a qualified court clerk will absolutely make a difference. This one simple action you can make the justice system well run, transparent and accountable.”

    By Leslie Taylor July 17, 2024

• March 2024

  • Biden, Trump carry Shelby County; Sawyer upsets Brown in clerk primary

    Former County Commissioner Tami Sawyer meets Republican Lisa Arnold in August in the general election race for General Sessions Court Clerk. The presidential primary results mirrored the state.

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2024

• February 2024

  • Political Roundup: Early voting off 2020 pace; Brown says no backlog; August ballot action

    Turnout through the first five days of early voting in the Democratic primaries shows to be half of what it was four years ago at the same time.

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2024

  • General Sessions Court Clerk’s race in shadow of presidential primaries

    The incumbent’s attendance record and the backlog of criminal court cases are issues in the race in the four-way Democratic primary for General Sessions court clerk. The winner of the Republican primary was decided at the filing deadline last year.

    By Bill Dries February 12, 2024

• December 2023

  • Joe Brown draws five challengers in March primaries

    The March 5 primary is Shelby County’s first election of 2024 and is topped by Tennessee’s presidential primary. The race for General Sessions Court clerk is the only countywide position on the ballot in 2024.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2023

• November 2023

  • Tami Sawyer to run for General Sessions Court Clerk

    The clerk’s office is the only countwide office on the March 5 primary ballot and with Sawyer’s entry the Democratic primary has three candidates. The filing deadline for the Democratic and Republican primaries is Dec. 14.

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2023

• September 2020

  • Mike Williams retiring as Memphis police union leader, taking job with General Sessions Court Clerk

    Mike Williams, longtime police union leader, is retiring from the department. He has taken a job as CAO for General Sessions Court Clerk-elect Joe Brown. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 02, 2020

• August 2020

  • Clerk-elect Joe Brown recovering from coronavirus

    General Sessions Court Clerk-elect Joe Brown, the former Memphis City Council member who won the clerk’s position in the August elections, said he is recovering from coronavirus.

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2020

  • Brown defeats Boyd in General Sessions Court Clerk race

    A year out of the City Council, Joe Brown returns to elected office as General Sessions Court Clerk over Paul Boyd, who left the Probate Court Clerk's office two years ago.

    By Bill Dries August 06, 2020

• July 2020

  • Boyd and Brown battle for General Sessions Court Clerk

    The only countywide general election race on the Aug. 6 ballot pits a former City Council member against a former Probate Court clerk for a complex but often forgotten office. Early voting starts Friday, July 17.

    By Bill Dries July 16, 2020

• March 2020

  • Brown and Boyd to meet in August in only countywide race of election year

    While the fight was for second place in the Democratic primary field of 13, Joe Brown emerged the victor in his second election in a year. He faces Republican Paul Boyd, upset in a Probate Court re-election bid two years ago in the August county general election.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Ballot Basics: General Sessions Court Clerk

    The basics of the race for General Sessions Court Clerk on the March 3 ballot. Early voting runs through Feb. 25.

    By Bill Dries February 13, 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

• December 2019

  • Primary field for General Sessions Court Clerk set at 17

    The field of contenders in 2020's only countywide election stood at 17 with the passing of Thursday's deadline for any candidates to withdraw who wished.

    By Bill Dries December 20, 2019

  • Field for General Sessions Court Clerk grows by one

    Add another candidate to the March 3 Democratic primary for General Sessions Court Clerk.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2019

  • General Sessions Court Clerk primaries attract 16 by deadline

    A total of 16 contenders, 12 Democrats and 4 Republicans, filed by a Thursday, Dec. 12, noon deadline to run in the March 3 countywide primary for General Sessions Court Clerk.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2019

  • Petitions pulled by 18 for General Sessions Court Clerk primaries

    The only countywide election of 2020 in Shelby County has drawn more than a dozen potential candidates for a position most citizens know little about. The political scramble for the office of General Sessions Court Clerk began in November when incumbent clerk Ed Stanton Jr. told his staff he would not be seeking a third full term.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2019

  • Fields set for March Tennessee presidential primaries

    Two Republican challengers to President Donald Trump and 16 Democrats have made the ballot for the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2019

• November 2019

  • Shelby County Commissioner Reginald Milton to join race for general sessions clerk

    With more than two years left to serve in his final term on the Shelby County Commission, Commissioner Reginald Milton has confirmed he will run for general sessions court clerk.

    By Linda A. Moore November 26, 2019