Campaign donations flow to victors after municipal elections
Newly elected Mayor Paul Young took his oath of office Jan. 1 with family members at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A wave of City of Memphis contractors contributed to Mayor-elect Paul Young in the weeks after he won the Oct. 5 race, a review by The Daily Memphian finds.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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