General Sessions Court Clerk’s race in shadow of presidential primaries
From left to right, Joe Brown, Shelandra Ford, Tami Sawyer and Rheunte Benson, not pictured, will all be on the ballot in the primaries for Shelby County General Sessions court clerk. (The Daily Memphian)
The incumbent’s attendance record and the backlog of criminal court cases are issues in the race in the four-way Democratic primary for General Sessions court clerk. The winner of the Republican primary was decided at the filing deadline last year.
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2024 elections General Sessions Court Clerk Joe Brown Tami Sawyer Shelandra Ford Rheunte Benson Subscriber OnlyThank you for supporting local journalism.
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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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