Primary election set stage for two more elections, bigger political questions
The first of three elections this year in Shelby County arrives Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Here’s what is at stake and what to look for in the vote totals Tuesday evening.
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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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