Memphis mayoral residency lawsuits combined, city remains out of lawsuit for now
Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins (not pictured) consolidated two legal challenges to the City of Memphis’ five-year mayoral residency requirement Friday. Jenkins combined lawsuits from two candidates — Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, Jr. (left) and Van Turner, a former Shelby County Commissioner (right). (Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins denied a motion to make the city of Memphis part of the lawsuit. But he consolidated two legal challenges to the City of Memphis’ five-year mayoral residency requirement Friday.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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