There are 10 article(s) tagged Michalyn Easter-Thomas:
'We must be a unified and united body. If we are not, we run the risks of watering down our legislative authority and allowing outside entities comprised of individuals not elected by the citizens of Memphis, essentially, to make legislative and budgetary decisions.'
It wasn’t just the insulting language that cost Berlin Boyd his council seat. Many voters were upset that he tended to favor big business over the needs of neighborhoods.
Rhonda Logan's journey to the District 1 seat included a 100-vote marathon City Council meeting when she repeatedly fell one vote short of getting the appointment in late 2018.
Michalyn Easter-Thomas upset incumbent District 7 council member Berlin Boyd by a wide margin in runoff elections Thursday. And In District 1, challenger Rhonda Logan upset incumbent Sherman Greer.
The five voting locations in two runoff city council races open Saturday for the last day of early voting. Election day is Nov. 14.
Early voting in the November runoff election for two City Council seats continues through Nov. 9. Election day is Nov. 14.
Incumbent City Councilman Berlin Boyd and Michalyn Easter-Thomas are preparing for a runoff to decide the city council's District 7 seat.
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.
Mayoral contenders Tami Sawyer and Jim Strickland are mixing old-fashioned door-to-door campaigning with canvassing apps that show the voting histories of households.
With several Juneteenth observances in different part of the city Saturday, candidates in the October Memphis elections were moving among them and other events on their summer political calendars.
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