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<strong>Mayoral candidates include Floyd Bonner Jr. (left), Karen Camper, J.W. Gibson Jr., Michelle McKissack, Van Turner, Paul Young and Willie Herenton.</strong> (The Daily Memphian files)Elections

Four mayoral candidates spent $1.76M combined over summer

None of the other 13 Memphis mayoral candidates on the ballot were in six figures, but these four spent six-figure sums on their campaigns throughout the summer.

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Election season’s final act starts as curtain goes down on early voting

By Bill Dries September 29, 2023
Elections

Election season’s final act starts as curtain goes down on early voting

The last day of early voting is Saturday, Sept. 30, at 18 sites across the city. Next, the Oct. 5 election day will close out the campaigns for Memphis mayor and all 13 seats on the Memphis City Council. 

By Bill Dries September 29, 2023
Elections

Political Roundup: Early voting is up, as heat rises in mayoral, council races

More than 31,000 Memphians had voted early through Tuesday, Sept. 26, passing the totals for the same period during 2015 and 2019 city elections.

By Bill Dries September 28, 2023
Elections

2020 letter feeds Kiel-Spinosa clash in District 5 council race

A 2020 open letter signed by more than 100 leaders of local nonprofits has become a flashpoint in the most expensive race for a city council seat on the Oct. 5 ballot.

By Bill Dries September 19, 2023

  • Elections

    Germantown Schools to ask Shelby County Election Commission to find new polling sites

    Germantown Municipal School District’s Board of Education is formally asking the Shelby County Election Commission to find different precincts than school buildings in light of a new state law.

    By Abigail Warren September 22, 2023
  • Criminal Justice

    Bonner claims Freeman video release was illegal and politically motivated

    “That video should not have been released,” Bonner said in an interview on the WKNO-TV program “Behind The Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries, Samuel Hardiman September 21, 2023
  • Elections

    Herenton says city lacks ‘transformational’ mayor

    Former Mayor Willie Herenton talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his bid to return as mayor, a recent discussion he had with millennials and his leadership of MPD.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2023
  • Elections

    Young, Bonner almost tied atop field, new poll shows

    About 23% of voters remained undecided, indicating that the crowded 17-person field remains very much up in the air. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 15, 2023
  • Elections

    Ballot Basics: Early voting is Sept. 15-30

    Here is everything you need to know about early voting in the Memphis elections and links to the ballot as well as a locator to figure out what council districts you live in.

    By Bill Dries September 15, 2023
  • Elections

    Early voting in Memphis city election begins Friday

    Early voting begins Friday, Sept. 15, with a large field of 17 mayoral candidates.

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    Ballot Basics: Early voting is Sept. 15-30

    By Bill Dries September 15, 2023
  • Elections

    Stadium funding could land on next Memphis mayor’s desk. Six candidates said what they’d do.

    Six candidates were asked how they would allocate $350 million in state cash between Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and FedExForum. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 15, 2023
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: It’s up to city voters, including younger ones, to boost election turnout

    “Memphis is at a critical juncture. We cannot afford to continue the stagnation. We cannot continue allowing crime, poverty and low educational achievement to define this city.”

    By Otis Sanford September 14, 2023
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    Two City Council Super District 9 incumbents face challengers

    Two of the three positions in City Council Super District 9 have incumbents facing one challenger each. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 14, 2023
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    Two of three seats in council Super District 8 to change hands

    City Council Super District 8 covers half of the city’s population. All three Super District seats are on the October Memphis ballot, and two of the races are contested in the upcoming city elections.

    By Bill Dries September 13, 2023
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    Council District 7 race crowded with Easter-Thomas challengers

    Four years after upsetting incumbent council member Berlin Boyd, Michalyn Easter-Thomas faces six challengers for the District 7 council seat. If the recent past is any indication, it could be bound for a November runoff.

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2023
  • Elections

    ‘You can’t just hide at Houston’s’: McKissack questions no-show Herenton at debate

    The candidates were allowed to ask each other questions, confronting one another on their pasts and records.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 12, 2023
  • Elections

    Political Roundup: Attack ads, early voting and school-board primaries

    This roundup looks at the latest report on voter registration, checks in with Election Commission officials ahead of Friday’s opening of early voting in Memphis and replays the Republican debate that ended with no school-board primaries.

    By Bill Dries September 10, 2023
  • Elections

    City Council District 5 race is the most expensive of the 13 matchups

    Council District 5 is one of five seats on the council with no incumbent seeking reelection. Two of the three contenders have raised more money than any other council candidate.

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2023
  • Elections

    Memphis mayor’s race still in flux a week before early voting begins

    With less than a week before early voting begins in the 2023 Memphis elections, a reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines” looks at what is at stake.

    By Bill Dries September 09, 2023
  • Elections

    Two candidates vie for District 4 council seat that each sees as their own

    One is a current City Councilwoman, and the other served on the council briefly. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 10, 2023
  • Elections

    Five compete for open City Council District 3 seat

    Five people are competing for the City Council District 3 seat being vacated by term-limited incumbent Patrice Robinson.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 08, 2023
  • Elections

    Shelby County Republican Party says no to school board primaries in close vote

    The decision came during a secret-ballot vote of the local Republican Party’s executive committee Thursday, Sept. 7, in Germantown. 

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2023
  • Elections

    District 2 Council race has six candidates and one main issue — crime

    Six candidates in the Memphis City Council District 2 race cite crime as prevailing issue, but they also have concerns about economic vitality and blight.

    By Don Wade September 07, 2023
  • Elections

    Council District 1 incumbent calls public safety ‘top of mind with everybody’

    Rhonda Logan, who is running for re-election in District 1 against challenger Kymberly Kelley, cites public safety and economic opportunity as top issues. 

    By Don Wade September 06, 2023
  • Elections

    Gloria Johnson opens Senate bid, draws fire from incumbent Marsha Blackburn

    Memphis was the third of three stops Tuesday, Sept. 5, kicking off what Johnson says will be an “uphill battle” to win the August primary and take down Marsha Blackburn in next year’s November general election.

    By Bill Dries September 05, 2023
  • Elections

    Labor and social justice groups back Turner in bid to repeat 2022 blue wave

    The coalition argues a wave in the 2022 countywide elections can be repeated despite city elections being nonpartisan. Meanwhile, the local Republican party has endorsed Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. 

    By Bill Dries September 05, 2023
  • Mayor's Race Elections

    Here’s who else is running to be Memphis’ next mayor

    These other 10 contenders are on the October ballot for Memphis mayor.

    By Bill Dries September 04, 2023
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    In bid for mayor, Paul Young is out to change the city’s reality

    Young thinks he is more prepared to hold the office than any other new mayor in the city’s history. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 03, 2023
  • Mayor's race Elections

    Van Turner has had plenty of stops on path to mayor’s race

    The life of the attorney and former Shelby County commissioner has taken him to Atlanta, Knoxville, D.C. and Japan. He returned to Memphis more than 20 years ago and found a path to elected office.

    By Bill Dries September 02, 2023

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