Herenton says ‘gloves are off’ in his 2019 candidacy

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 21, 2018 6:10 AM CT | Published: October 19, 2018 4:44 PM CT
After nearly six months of silence since former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton announced he would run for mayor again in 2019, his aspirations came to life Wednesday as early voting began in the Nov. 6 general election.

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Allan Wade Jim Strickland Willie Herenton

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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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