The Democratic primary race for Shelby County mayor
From left to right: Harold Collins, Mickell Lowery, JB Smiley Jr., Rusty Qualls, Marie Feagins, Melvin Burgess and Heidi Kuhn are all vying to be the Democratic nominee for Shelby County mayor. (The Daily Memphian file)
Here’s an overview of the Democratic primary race for county mayor, the seven candidates and their interaction with each other as well as the shadow of the outgoing mayor on the race.
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2026 County Mayor's Race 2026 elections Marie Feagins Rusty Qualls JB Smiley Jr. Mickell Lowery Harold Collins Heidi Kuhn Melvin BurgessBill Dries on demand
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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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