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County Commissioner Henri Brooks found out three years ago she was adopted through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, a notorious black-market adoption operation. Her lawsuit against the state could open a “floodgate.”
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.
The opening day of early voting in Memphis elections posts numbers closer to opening day in 2015 than 2019. Also in the round up, trying to apply a “blue wave” strategy to nonpartisan city elections.
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.
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.
The coalition argues a wave in the 2022 countywide elections can be repeated despite city elections being nonpartisan. Meanwhile, the local Republican party has endorsed Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr.
As Turner heads into the final weeks of the Memphis mayoral race, his campaign has been shaped by his time on the Shelby County Commission as well as his own journey from — and then back to — Memphis.
The life of the attorney and former Shelby County commissioner has taken him to Atlanta, Knoxville, D.C. and Japan. He returned to Memphis more than 20 years ago and found a path to elected office.
Mayoral contender Van Turner also said Saturday the city’s “crime wave” has to be “met where it is.” Also, the special legislative session in Nashville could influence the Memphis mayor’s race.
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:
The two mayoral candidates purchased homes within Memphis in the months before a ruling cleared the way for them to run for mayor despite a five-year residency requirement.
Mayoral contender Paul Young took the convention’s endorsement Saturday, Aug. 12, but rival Van Turner delivered a fiery speech and both called for changing the city’s political status quo. City council endorsements are also listed.
Memphis mayoral candidate Van Turner says on “Behind The Headlines” the federal investigation of the Memphis Police Department could play a large role in determining whether the next mayor changes MPD leadership.
Here’s a look at some of the candidates’ messaging.
Also, Councilwoman Cheyenne Johnson calls off her campaign for a second term in favor of Janika White, a contender in last year’s Democratic primary for Shelby County District Attorney General.
Finance reports show spending patterns of Memphis mayoral candidates.
The Daily Memphian sent the Memphis results of its countywide crime poll to eight mayoral candidates and a list of questions. Here are their answers.
As the Memphis City Council considers whether to raise property taxes, Memphis mayoral candidates were split on whether they want to do so.
The forum at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church drew nine candidates and a crowd of more than 100 Thursday, June 8.
The field for Memphis is a contrast in terms of how the candidates are pacing themselves. The trick is not let rivals determine how you run. Meanwhile, lots of petitions in the mayor’s race and council races are out but few are filed at this point.
“Whether the residency issue continues to dog Van Turner and Floyd Bonner Jr. in the court of public opinion remains to be seen. But both have legitimate responses about their time living outside the city.”
Here is what some of the Memphis mayoral contenders had to say about the Chancery Court ruling that there is no residency requirement for candidates in the October 2023 elections.
The two mayoral candidates, neither of whom have lived in Memphis for two years, and the City Council argued that a 1996 referendum repealed residency requirements.
The poll showed Van Turner and Floyd Bonner tied with about 15.9% of the vote. Willie Herenton trailed them at 13.9%, and Paul Young had 12%.