Gov. Bill Lee faces six possible challengers in 2022
State campaign finance records indicate there are six potential 2022 challengers to Gov. Bill Lee (middle), seen here in Memphis on May 18. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Dr. Jason Martin, a Nashville critical care doctor, campaigned in Memphis this weekend. He is expected to formally enter the Democratic primary for governor later this month. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
Dr. Jason Martin of Nashville, a likely contender in the Democratic primary for governor, campaigned in Memphis this past weekend.
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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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