City Council member JB Smiley enters governor’s race
Memphis City Council member JB Smiley Jr. takes a selfie with a member of the audience after an event announcing his bid for governor of Tennessee at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The first-term City Council member claims the numbers are there to first win the August statewide primary and then the November general election. That’s despite no Democrat winning statewide office in Tennessee in 15 years.
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