The most complex ballot of the three 2026 Shelby County elections begins early voting Friday. President Donald Trump and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have both endorsed candidates in the 9th Congressional District race.

Early voting starts Friday, July 17, for the Aug. 6 Shelby County general election. But the ballot also includes the state and federal primaries for the Nov. 3 election. 

Local Democrats closed out their candidate forums for the city’s three newly drawn congressional districts in, while a Millington event drew a Republican nominee for county mayor and videos from two contenders for governor.

Two Collierville residents are seeking the Republican nomination for an open position on the suburb’s school board as incumbent Wanda Chism declines to run for reelection. 

About 700 absentee voters in Shelby County will receive a supplemental ballot that is expected to arrive by July 15.

Democratic nominee for County Mayor Mickell Lowery talked about state intervention, his vote to raise county property taxes and tax breaks as economic development incentives on “Behind The Headlines.”

The November ballot is taking shape as suburban candidates decide where their name will appear on the ballot and file appropriate paperwork.

Two fatal Memphis Safe Task Force shootings in four days have returned the federal presence to the campaign spotlight as an issue.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is coming to the city with two other Democratic U.S. House members. Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan is endorsing state Sen. Brent Taylor in the companion Republican primary.

The forum at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church drew all five candidates for the August 6 Democratic primary, who each hope to win the seat of incumbent Republican Congressman Andy Ogles.

Who has pulled petitions for the Nov. 3 ballot for suburban general elections so far?

Monday, June 22, was the first day that candidates in Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington could pull petitions for the general election Nov. 3.

Many candidates in Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington picked up petitions on Monday, the first available day for the November general election.

Three candidates are planning write-in campaigns for the District 93 House seat most recently held by G.A. Hardaway. 

Lowery in Eads, Taylor in Piperton. The political roundup is on the campaign trail and includes a D.C. roundup with reaction to the memorandum of understanding with Iran.

Hardaway, who was appointed to the District 93 seat in time for May’s special legislative session, announced his bid for a full two-year term.

The election is Aug; 6. The Shelby County Election Commission is preparing to mail out notices to inform county voters of their new congressional districts.

Outrage over the redrawing of congressional district lines is fueling get-out-the-vote efforts in Memphis. The formal effort went public Sunday with a Souls at the Polls rally, where candidates were seen but not heard.

Halbert lost the Democratic primary for Criminal Court Clerk on the May 5 ballot by 126 votes to state Rep. Joe Towns Jr.

There are now a total of four lawsuits against Tennessee’s new congressional map. Here is a breakdown of where each case stands as the August primaries rapidly approach.

The political roundup looks at a shift in the fight over congressional redistricting and what it says about the tactics of both parties in the state of Tennessee.

The second-place finisher in one of the MSCS board Democratic primaries — the closest race in the May 5 county primaries — is reportedly weighing a recount.

Longtime political reporter Bill Dries joins us today to talk about U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s legacy and how the three congressional races are shaping up. 

A planned special session for the Mississippi Legislature to possibly redraw the state’s three Supreme Court districts was called off by Gov. Tate Reeves — but that’s more of a delay than an abandoning of the idea.

News and updates on the impact of redistricting in Tennessee and Mississippi and the lawsuits challenging redistricting.