Summer heat tests door-to-door campaign strategies
Amal Altareb, a member of mayoral challenger Tami Sawyer's canvassing team, holds campaign materials during a street team meeting Saturday, July 20, at Ed Rice Community Center in Frayser. Canvassers went door-to-door in teams of two to pass out push cards. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Mayoral contenders Tami Sawyer and Jim Strickland are mixing old-fashioned door-to-door campaigning with canvassing apps that show the voting histories of households.
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