Political Roundup: Early voting, Chism picnic and ‘Dad’s dream’
Incumbent City Councilman JB Smiley Jr. gathered signatures on his qualifying petition in his reelection campaign June 10 at the Sidney Chism picnic. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Former Shelby County Commissioner Sidney Chism’s annual summer political picnic returned June 10. It was also the last day of early voting for the special primary elections in state House District 86. And Martin Luther King III came through Memphis last week in a summer bus tour across the country.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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