There are 23 article(s) tagged Politics:

• March 2025

  • GOP Rep. John Rose launches run for Tennessee governor

    U.S. Rep. John Rose announced Thursday his candidacy for Tennessee governor in 2026, putting him on a likely collision course with U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who also appears set on running.

    By The Associated Press March 20, 2025

• January 2025

  • Four key issues to watch in upcoming Tennessee legislative session

    Education, reproductive rights, immigration and tough-on-crime were in the spotlight last year. This year, the same topics will likely reemerge alongside new legislation focused on bail-bond reform, grocery taxes, school vouchers and more.

    By Benjamin Smith January 13, 2025

• April 2024

  • Blackburn talks legislation, bail reform and ‘soft-on-crime’ cities

    U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was in Memphis Wednesday and talked with The Daily Memphian about crime, a proposal she is sponsoring to strip federal funds from cities with a no-cash bail policy and whether Memphis is a “soft-on-crime” city.

    By Bill Dries April 04, 2024

• October 2022

  • Garner: School board races should remain nonpartisan

    Adding national issues into local campaigns and pushing a national agenda that appeals to emotions and cultural hot-button issues of the day makes elections both inflammatory and divisive to the community.

    By Kristina Garner October 23, 2022

• July 2022

  • Democratic gubernatorial candidates tout personal experience in final primary debate

    Memphis City Councilman JB Smiley Jr., Nashville-based critical-care physician Jason Martin and Memphis activist Carnita Atwater touted their qualifications for Tennessee governor.

    By Shera Avi-Yonah July 12, 2022

• November 2020

  • A house divided: Political split often falls along city/rural lines

    Political and cultural division in Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the country, is real. But as polarized as Americans might be, it has been worse and it can get better.

    By Don Wade November 29, 2020

• May 2020

  • Politics Podcast: The return to the familiar

    A short podcast this week brings updates on several political topics, as non-COVID issues began to move back into prominence and an uneasy coexistence with the pandemic.

    By Bill Dries May 30, 2020

  • Politics Podcast: Thoughts on the Democratic majority in county government

    Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer talks about the County Commission’s budget struggle, almost two years in office with a Democratic majority and the politics of face masks.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2020

• January 2020

  • Perennial candidate throws hat in ring for Alexander’s Senate seat

    This will be Shelby County radiologist George Flinn's sixth campaign for Congress in the past decade. 

    By Sam Stockard January 29, 2020

  • The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast: The Year In Review

    We review the city election year, the third car fee and whether a half-cent sales tax hike will restore benefits for police and firefighters.

    By Bill Dries January 03, 2020

• December 2019

  • The Early Word: Police station may be saved, 97 candidates and good movies

    Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Dec. 10, and many of us have snow on the brain (if not on the actual ground). Today, a Downtown board will consider a 20-year PILOT for part of the Snuff District redevelopment in Uptown. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 10, 2019

• October 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Interpreting the October Memphis elections

    Sijuwola Crawford and Earle Fisher of Up The Vote 901 and the People's Convention talk about what voters were saying in city elections, voices outside the polling places and the return of the People’s Convention.

    By Bill Dries October 24, 2019

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Memphis elections review

    Karanja Ajanaku, editor of The New Tri-State Defender, and Bill Dries, reporter for The Daily Memphian, discuss the results of the 2019 Memphis city elections with host Eric Barnes.

    By Natalie Van Gundy October 04, 2019

  • The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast: The Memphis elections

    Here's a review of the Memphis election results and a few new steps beyond the election. Also, Shelby County Election Commissioner Bennie Smith talks about what voters were saying with the turnout and the Strickland re-election effort, as well as lots of talk about new voting machines.

    By Natalie Van Gundy October 04, 2019

• September 2019

  • The Politics Podcast: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris

    The pitch for a third car sustainability fee to fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority.

    By Natalie Van Gundy September 27, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Council candidate Cat Allen and the ‘Pledge for Progress’

    Hear more about the pact five city council candidates have signed off on as early voting starts in Memphis. And take a look at our new elections section.

    By Natalie Van Gundy September 14, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: City Council member Gerre Currie

    City Council member Gerre Currie talks about her appointment to the Council, her quest for a full four-year term in a different district and change in the election season.

    By Natalie Van Gundy September 05, 2019

• June 2019

  • Registry of Election Finance gives Hardaway clean slate

    The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance cleared state Rep. G.A. Hardaway Wednesday for filing a late report on his campaign finances for the pre-general period of 2018.

    By Sam Stockard June 12, 2019

• March 2019

  • Sawyer’s vision of ‘new’ Memphis is equity and people-centered

    Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer appeared on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast to discuss her announcement seeking the Memphis mayor's office in October. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 08, 2019

• January 2019

  • Sanford: Mayor Strickland has the Big Mo

    "Big Mo" – as in Momentum – is a nickname that just might stick. And as Mayor Jim Strickland makes his re-election bid, he would be wise to embrace it.

    By Otis Sanford January 17, 2019

  • District 32 GOP candidates square off in Bartlett forum

    Four Republican candidates vying for the vacated Tennessee State Senate District 32 seat participated in a forum Monday evening, giving views on topics including infrastructure, education, health care and the opioid epidemic.

    By Michael Waddell January 15, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: County Commissioners Billingsley and Sawyer talk juvenile justice reform

    Shelby County commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mark Billingsley talk about juvenile justice reform with county beat reporter Omer Yusuf, and city government reporter Bill Dries recaps the three new Memphis City Council members and the rocky transition in the Criminal Court clerk’s office.

    By Natalie Van Gundy January 14, 2019

• December 2018

  • Politics Podcast: Getting Started

    On the inaugural Daily Memphian Politics podcast reporters Bill Dries and Omer Yusuf look ahead to the 2019 Memphis elections and review the first three months of the new Shelby County administration as well as the eight-vote Democratic majority on the county commission past the last election of 2018. And a bit about what to expect on the podcast.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 14, 2018