There are 19 article(s) tagged Joe Brown:

• February 2026

  • Halbert is term-limited but still pulls petition for county clerk

    Halbert also checked out qualifying petitions for two other countywide positions on the 2026 ballot.

    By Bill Dries February 16, 2026

• February 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

• 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

  • Political Roundup: Early voting turnout, Huseth vs. Gillespie, more ballot moves

    More than 700 Memphians have cast early ballots in the runoffs for three city council seats through the first four days of the voting period. 

    By Bill Dries November 02, 2023

• June 2023

  • Bonner makes first mayoral forum appearance as crime, change dominate discussion

    The forum at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church drew nine candidates and a crowd of more than 100 Thursday, June 8.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2023

• March 2023

  • Political Roundup: Mayoral candidates discuss police director’s future at forum

    Two contenders for Memphis mayor say they have already decided they will not keep Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis as Memphis Police director if they are elected.

    By Bill Dries March 16, 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

  • Nelson: What comes after Super Tuesday? Weird Wednesday

    And in the race for Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk, candidates with experience relevant to the job but names unknown to the voters lost the usual game of local musical-chairs politics. Joe Brown, the Democrat. Paul Boyd, the Republican. These guys again? 

    By Michael Nelson March 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • City Council farewells reveal turbulent recent history, City Hall traditions

    The six Memphis City Council members whose terms end with the new year said their farewells Dec. 17 at the last council meeting of the year. For some it was emotional, for others it was a time to reflect and for still others it was political.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2019

• September 2019

  • Early voting in city elections picks up pace

    The numbers for early voting in the Oct. 3 Memphis elections show Friday's total was the first this year that exceeded the same day four years ago.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2019

  • Sanford: Will voters give well-qualified young clerk candidates a chance?

    The lesser known candidates for City Court clerk may not say it publicly, but there is resentment that Myron Lowery and Joe Brown hope voters choose familiarity over qualifications.

    By Otis Sanford September 12, 2019

• March 2019

  • Brown to run for City Court clerk on October ballot

    Memphis City Council member Joe Brown is running for City Court clerk.

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2019

• February 2019

  • Council rules change draft ruffles feathers anew

    Memphis City Council members are reviewing changes to their rules after the two-month stalemate in filling three open council seats. And some of the proposed changes are prompting renewed debate.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2019

• December 2018

  • City Council gives quorum call another try Tuesday

    Within minutes of each other and just a few yards apart at City Hall last week, council members Joe Brown and Berlin Boyd each told reporters the vacant and hotly contested council District 1 seat is “the people’s seat.”

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • City Council’s District 1 deadlock spawns theories

    The Memphis City Council’s deadlock over filling a vacancy on the body began to read like a political whodunit, even while the council was in the process Tuesday of taking more than 100 votes on the appointment. The usual suspects of race, political power and political deals were all mentioned and hinted at during the standoff between council members backing Raleigh Community Development Corp. executive director Rhonda Logan and Flinn Broadcasting sales manager Lonnie Treadaway.

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2018