Inside the strategy of a winning mayoral campaign
The On The Record podcast talks to Daniel Deriso and Grif Gray, who helped guide Mayor-elect Paul Young’s successful campaign.
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The On The Record podcast talks to Daniel Deriso and Grif Gray, who helped guide Mayor-elect Paul Young’s successful campaign.
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Memphis mayor-elect Paul Young answers questions from The Daily Memphian about his campaign, staffing plans, stadium funding and other issues.
The Memphis Grizzlies reunited with fans, including the mayor-elect, Saturday at FedExForum. It’s a fresh start for the Grizzlies as they embark on a new season, as well as for the city.
With those words and what he said in his victory speech, the mayor-elect embodied the swagger and the hope that his supporters believe he could bring back to Memphis.
“All of us, together, can change the conversation from ‘Memphis is on the cusp of something’ to ‘Memphis is really doing something.’ ”
Most said Young is a good listener capable of improving the local economy. They described him with words such as “deliberate,” “vision,” “different,” “new” and “refresh.”
Paul Young will be the new mayor of Memphis. And you should feel optimistic about that. Yes, optimistic. It may have gone out of fashion. But Young just might bring it back.
“There is no indication that younger voters went to the polls in any significant numbers. But many of those who did show up clearly favored Young.”
Here is a quick recap and four takeaways from the 2023 Memphis municipal election.
With no runoff to face, Paul Young will become the next Memphis mayor with just over 27% of the vote. And that doesn’t even factor in the low turnout for Thursday’s election.
Paul Young was named the head of the DMC in early 2021, emerging from a pool of 30 applicants. Now, two-and-a-half years later, the DMC will once again be looking for a new leader.
Van Turner conceded his run for Memphis mayor just past 10 p.m. Thursday night, Oct. 5.
As of 8:35 p.m., 10 of 98 precincts were reporting along with the early and absentee vote. Combined, Young had 28% to Floyd Bonner Jr.’s 23%.
Two polls made public – one in August and one in early September – showed essentially a four-way race for mayor among Floyd Bonner, Willie Herenton, Van Turner and Paul Young.
Six candidates were asked how they would allocate $350 million in state cash between Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and FedExForum.
The candidates were allowed to ask each other questions, confronting one another on their pasts and records.
“I’m proud to endorse someone who represents true leadership. I need everyone to know I’m behind Paul Young and I’m voting Paul Young,” Potts said.
Young has made a slow, steady rise through local governments as his mother had dreamed he would. Along the way, he accumulated the experience that he says makes him unique among the mayoral candidates.
Van Turner and Paul Young started their mayoral campaigns a year ago on 901 Day. A year later, they talk about what separates each in a pack of 17 candidates.
Young thinks he is more prepared to hold the office than any other new mayor in the city’s history.
Memphis Mayoral contender Paul Young also talked on “Behind The Headlines” about “stopping the bleeding” from violent crime as the next mayor’s top priority of the next mayor.
The Greater Memphis Chamber forum drew six of the seven major contenders for mayor.
Here’s what we learned about those who showed up Tuesday for the Memphis mayoral debate.
State Rep. Karen Camper, businessman J.W. Gibson, Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Michelle McKissack, Van Turner and Downtown Memphis Commission CEO Paul Young participated in the debate.Related story: