Three County Commission incumbents appear to win second terms at May filing deadline
Judge Lee V. Coffee (center) along with Paula Skahan (from left), Jennifer J. Mitchell, Mark Ward, Carolyn Blackett (not pictured) and Chris Craft file for reelection Feb. 17, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
At the noon Thursday, Feb. 17, filing deadline to get on the county primary ballot, there was only one contested Republican primary. But every incumbent Democratic official holding countywide office had challengers in the May primaries.
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