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    Moody talks challenging Harris in Democratic county mayor’s primary

    The special assistant to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talked about his exploratory campaign for mayor Wednesday, Sept. 8, and sounded very much like he is in the race while taking a few jabs at incumbent Mayor Lee Harris.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2021
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    City Council member JB Smiley enters governor’s race

    The first-term City Council member claims the numbers are there to first win the August statewide primary and then the November general election. That’s despite no Democrat winning statewide office in Tennessee in 15 years.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2021
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    Miss. Gov.: South’s response to COVID impacted by belief in ‘eternal life’

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked about the pandemic Thursday, Aug. 26, at a re-election fundraiser in Shelby County held at a replica of the Mississippi governor’s mansion. 

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2021
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    Van Turner weighs 2023 bid for mayor

    Shelby County commissioner’s exploratory committee for Memphis mayor is another indication that county Mayor Lee Harris will seek re-election next year.

    By Bill Dries August 06, 2021
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    Gov. Bill Lee faces six possible challengers in 2022

    Dr. Jason Martin of Nashville, a likely contender in the Democratic primary for governor, campaigned in Memphis this past weekend.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2021
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    Tami Sawyer will not seek second term on County Commission

    County Commissioner Tami Sawyer announced Monday she will not seek a second term in the 2022 county elections. Her decision means six new faces on the commission in the next election.

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2021
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    Harris re-election speculation and ‘People’s Summit’ stir political pot

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says it is too early to announce whether he will run for a second term. But local Democrats are anxious for an answer. Meanwhile the local Democratic party has a two-way race for a new chairman next month and the coalition for a “Moral Budget” talked about tax rate regrets at the “People’s Summit” in Whitehaven.

    By Bill Dries August 01, 2021
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    Election commission chief says Democrats want ‘cloudy elections’

    Shelby County Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, that local Democrats want disputed election results, referring to the push for paper ballots, which he believes will lead to chaos.

    By Bill Dries August 01, 2021
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    COVID gets political as fired state health official visits Memphis

    Dr. Michelle Fiscus spoke Saturday, July 31, at a local forum in Binghampton following a state Democratic party rally nearby. Democratic party leaders say Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s handling of the COVID pandemic will be an issue in 2022 state elections.

    By Bill Dries August 01, 2021
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    New voting machines rejected as County Commission moves to rebid

    Shelby County commissioners Monday voted down a new touch-screen voting system that includes a paper trail and moved to cut the Election Commission out of the process by taking new bids on a system that primarily uses hand-marked paper ballots.

    By Bill Dries July 26, 2021
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    Morgan appoints treasurer in possible 2022 bid for county mayor

    Morgan is in his second term on the City Council, which has a limit of two consecutive terms. Contenders for county offices in the May Democratic and Republican primaries can’t begin pulling petitions to get on the ballot until Dec. 20.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2021
  • Elections

    New voting machine issue is moving again in County Commission

    A vote Monday by the Shelby County Commission on a new voting system could mean new voting machines by the May county primary elections. 

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2021
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    Opinion: New voting system ensures local elections’ integrity

    ‘One of the greatest assets of ballot-marking devices is that ambiguous or indeterminate marks frequently made by voters when marking ballots by hand are completely eliminated,’ says Brent Taylor.

    By Brent Taylor July 20, 2021
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    Bartlett’s mayor race far away but already taking shape

    Incumbent Mayor Keith McDonald is not seeking another term and when asked Wednesday confirmed he is supporting Bartlett Alderman David Parsons in the race.

    By Omer Yusuf May 26, 2021
  • Elections

    Kustoff part of GOP caucus majority in Cheney ouster

    Meanwhile, both of the state’s Republican U.S. Senators have been critical of the Democratic bill that would change election laws. One of the few Tennessee Republicans dissenting on Cheney’s ouster, former Congressman Zach Wamp, says it represents a split in the Republican Party that could have implications in next year’s mid-term Congressional elections.

    By Bill Dries May 12, 2021
  • Elections

    PAC, Salinas to bring ‘Fuerza’ to state’s Latino Democrats

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the two-time Democratic nominee for the Tennessee General Assembly talks about the new Latino Democratic political action committee Fuerza, for which she serves on the board.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2021
  • Elections

    Voting law changes moving slowly in Tennessee

    Despite major voting law reforms in some states, such as Georgia, few major changes have been made so far in Tennessee. 

    By Ian Round April 26, 2021
  • Elections

    Political maneuvering begins for 2022

    Cary Vaughn is the new chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party as Democrats outline a long-term data-driven strategy and the county’s only Republican elected official opens her re-election campaign.

    By Bill Dries April 26, 2021
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    Talks start over new voting system compromise

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor talks about new discussions with county commissioners two months after the Election Commission voted to go to court in the simmering dispute.

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2021
  • Elections

    Taylor is new chairman of changing Election Commission

    Shelby County election commissioners chose Brent Taylor Tuesday, April 13, as the new chairman of the five-member body. 

    By Bill Dries April 13, 2021
  • Elections

    Corker talks of Senate ‘burn-out,’ divisiveness, possible return to politics

    Corker surfaced as former President Donald Trump was leaving office, prompting speculation Corker may be looking at a presidential bid in 2024 or some other bid for elected office in the 2022 midterm elections.

    By Bill Dries April 09, 2021
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    Shelby GOP chairman won’t seek another term

    Tutor says the next local party chairman has a chance to win back countywide offices in 2022 that Republicans lost due to what Tutor says was the result of anti-Trump sentiment.

    By Bill Dries April 02, 2021
  • Elections

    Resolution seeking judge’s removal fails in subcommittee

    The effort to remove the judge who ruled last year that the COVID-19 pandemic was a valid reason for Tennesseans to vote by mail failed Tuesday, March 9, in a House subcommittee.

    By Ian Round March 09, 2021
  • Elections

    Most on commission oppose eliminating county primaries

    The bill in Nashville would outlaw partisan primary elections in Shelby and Davidson counties – the state’s two biggest concentrations of Democratic voters.

    By Bill Dries March 08, 2021
  • Elections

    State Senate approves Kyle’s child care bill

    Demand for child care far exceeds supply in Tennessee, but a bill passed Monday, March 8, by the state Senate could give state employees more options.

    By Ian Round March 08, 2021

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