Tom Bailey took the open school board seat. Wanda Gibbs earned a second four-year term.

Incumbents sailed to victory Tuesday night. The only contested race in Germantown was between Andy Ellis and Vicki Gandee.

Kevin Quinn won a second term as Bartlett alderman, defeating two challengers. School board races in the suburb were decided without opposition.

The Tennessee Republican supermajority did not crack in Memphis on Tuesday with Rep. John Gillespie beating Democratic challenger Jesse Huseth and retaining the state House of Representatives District 97 seat. 

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Incumbents kept 14 of 15 Shelby County statehouse seats Tuesday, Nov. 5, according to election results. 

Memphians remade how future mayors are elected Tuesday night, where they must live and how salaries are set for key members of city government.

According to early election returns, each of the three options passed with roughly the same number of for and against votes.

Collierville elected Maureen Fraser as its next mayor Tuesday. Mayor Stan Joyner is retiring later this year.

Kustoff and Cohen were poised to be reelected handily to their U.S. House seats representing Tennessee’s 8th and 9th Congressional Districts.

Candidates for all four Lakeland offices — two commissioners and two school board members — had easy victories as all of them were unopposed in Thursday’s elections.

The Associated Press reports Marsha Blackburn defeated state Rep. Gloria Johnson, who shot to fame last year after she was nearly expelled from the Statehouse for her participation in a gun control protest from the House floor.

The Daily Memphian is keeping track of notable Group of Five teams each week. Some teams will fall out of the tracker and others will be added depending on the outcome of games played.

A version of the “beauty and the billionaire” fairy tale, “Anora” won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this summer and is now being touted as a top contender for a much more mainstream prize: The Oscar. 

In November, you can enjoy cocktail-inspired chocolates, a green cook-off and a festival all about coffee. 

New Tiger P.J. Haggerty toyed with Missouri late in Memphis’ 83-75 season-opening win at FedExForum.

DeSoto County residents successfully submitted more than 18,000 ballots during the early voting period. 

Zach Edey is trying to be forgiving with himself as he adjusts to a brand-new style of basketball in the NBA. 

Two weeks into this season, the Grizzlies’ daily injury reports have been longer than anyone wants to see. But a big part of this story is also that ostensible third-teamers have stepped up, in a major way.

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Thanks to some key words by Tyrese Hunter at halftime, Memphis came out in the second half with new life in a come-from-behind effort that resulted in an 83-75 win.

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 Box score: Memphis 83, Missouri 75

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After the 4-2 victory, the Tigers advance into the American Athletic Conference’s final four teams. 

Zach Edey became the first rookie to finish with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks on 90% shooting since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984. 

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Box score: Nets 106, Grizzlies 104

Partisans on both sides were still rallying voters to turn out on the Tuesday, Nov. 5, presidential general election day with similar appeals but with very different motivations and beliefs.