There are 7 article(s) tagged Hendrell Remus:

• November 2024

  • Ballot Basics: What you need to know for 2024 early voting

    If 2024 early voter turnout nears what it’s been for the past four presidential elections in Shelby County, the local ballot will be decided within the next two and a half weeks. 

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024

• July 2024

  • Local Democratic reaction to Biden withdrawal is backing for Harris

    Local Democratic elected officials reacted to President Joe Biden’s decision to call off his reelection bid Sunday, July 21, and support Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee for president. 

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    By Bill Dries July 22, 2024

• August 2023

  • Political Roundup: Memphis mayoral candidates criticize fellow contenders

    Mayoral contender Van Turner also said Saturday the city’s “crime wave” has to be “met where it is.” Also, the special legislative session in Nashville could influence the Memphis mayor’s race.
    
    

    By Bill Dries August 20, 2023

• June 2022

  • Tennesseans react to Supreme Court decision on abortion

    Responses to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday, June 24, overturning the nearly 50-year old Roe v. Wade decision fall along party lines in Memphis and across Tennessee.

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    Near-total abortion ban takes effect in 30 days, but a ‘heartbeat bill’ could come sooner

    The closest state to Memphis with abortion access? Illinois.

    By Bill Dries, Ian Round, Aisling Mäki June 25, 2022

• April 2021

  • Political maneuvering begins for 2022

    Cary Vaughn is the new chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party as Democrats outline a long-term data-driven strategy and the county’s only Republican elected official opens her re-election campaign.

    By Bill Dries April 26, 2021

• January 2021

  • Remus says Democrats will challenge Lee in 2022 governor’s race

    The new Tennessee Democratic Party chairman says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that challenging Republican majorities in the Tennessee Legislature will take longer. 

    By Bill Dries January 23, 2021

  • Tenn. Democrats’ new chairman plans ‘full assault’ on GOP

    Hendrell Remus is the first Black chairman of the state party and a veteran political operative in Memphis who recently moved to Nashville. He got the votes for chairman Saturday on a pledge to shake the state Democratic Party from its traditional Nashville orientation to a more grass roots and statewide approach. 

    By Bill Dries January 17, 2021