There are 37 article(s) tagged Shelby County Democratic Party:

• April 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Michael Harris

    Newly elected Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Michael Harris talks about party strategies and the controversy over his suspended law license.

    By Natalie Van Gundy April 11, 2019

  • Race for local Democratic Party chairmanship shifts again

    The balloting among party leaders Saturday appears to be a choice between Michael Harris and state Sen. Raumesh Akbari after state Rep. London Lamar withdrew Thursday. 

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2019

  • Harris becomes new Democratic Party chairman in confidence vote

    Harris was unopposed and by a narrow vote got the majority needed after answering lots of questions about the recent suspension of his law license. The vote also included lots of evidence of different factions within the party that was reformed in 2017.

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2019

  • Lamar gets into race for Shelby County Democratic Party chair

    The Democratic state Representative got into the race just before a Wednesday deadline for nominations as another contender dropped out and a contender who stayed in the race faces questions about a suspended law license. The party's grass roots council makes its decision Saturday.

    By Bill Dries April 03, 2019

  • Strong cautions Democrats against ‘deficit mindset’ at local party convention

    Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says local Democrats made a good start in the 2018 county elections, sweeping every countywide office on the ballot and improving the Democratic majority on the Shelby County Commission to eight seats.

    By Bill Dries April 01, 2019

• March 2019

  • Democrats plot encore to 2018 Shelby County election sweep

    The Saturday Shelby County Democratic Party convention is the first of two gatherings to elect the party's leadership for the next two years including a new party chairman to be elected at a later meeting.

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2019

  • Local Democrats to elect new party chair

    After a party reorganization in 2017 and a Democratic sweep of countywide offices in the 2018 elections, Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says it is time for another leader of the local party.

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • Leatherwood’s nonpartisan election bill fails

    State Rep. Tom Leatherwood of Arlington called his proposal to make local election nonpartisan in Shelby and Davidson counties a "good government" bill, but it died in a House subcommittee Wednesday.

    By Sam Stockard February 27, 2019

  • Local Republican Party leadership changes, looks for bigger tent after disastrous 2018 county elections

    The only contender so far for the leadership of the Shelby County Republican Party said the local party needs candidates who are more representative and the party needs to seek out African-American and Hispanic voters.

    By Bill Dries February 11, 2019

• January 2019

  • Lee putting school ‘choice’ among legislative priorities as inauguration arrives

    Governor-elect Bill Lee discusses everything from K-12 education funding to sanctuary cities and criminal justice reform in advance of Saturday's swearing-in ceremony.

    By Sam Stockard January 17, 2019

• December 2018

  • Sanford: This year’s top news stories hint at what’s ahead in 2019

    A steady flow of mostly positive economic news for Memphis and Shelby County – coupled with the solemn and tasteful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination – was overshadowed at times by political bickering and grandstanding in 2018.

    By Otis Sanford December 27, 2018

• October 2018

  • Early voting issues resolved, voting machines up and running

    Four early voting sites lost connectivity with electronic polling books Wednesday morning, the Shelby County Election Commission confirmed, but all of those issues have since been resolved.

    By Omer Yusuf October 18, 2018