Political Roundup: As local Democrats try to be competitive, friction surfaces
Lexie Carter speaks during a convention at Kirby High March 7, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The Tennessee Democratic Party has changed the leadership of the Shelby County Democratic Party for the second time in eight years, once again in a presidential election year.
The state party removed Lexie Carter as local party chairwoman Sept. 16 and put in place a set of four cochairs for the local party one month to the day before early voting begins in advance of the Nov. 5 Election Day.
The goal is to ramp up a more vigorous get-out-the-vote campaign in a county that is already a Democratic stronghold and at least show some indication Democrats are becoming more competitive statewide in what is a red, or majority Republican, state.
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Shelby County Democratic Party Lexie Carter Marsha Blackburn Dwayne Thompson Subscriber OnlyThank you for supporting local journalism.
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