Political Roundup: Shelby County Democrats stalled on chair, more
“This is not a setback, it’s a transition,” state Democratic Party chair Rachel Campbell (left) said in a written statement about the delays in finding a Shelby County Democratic Party head. “It’s a chance for us to regroup, refocus and rebuild our local party in a way that reflects our shared values and commitment to democracy.” (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Local Democrats set a May 31 date to pick a chair, Patricia Possel is the newest Shelby County election commissioner and Congressman Steve Cohen says revoking student visas is causing problems on Memphis college campuses.
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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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