Collierville alderwoman recognized she should be willing to do what she asked others.

Collierville’s mayor and three aldermen took their oaths of office Monday evening. 

Germantown aldermen took their oaths of office Monday. Their first meeting will be Tuesday.

Several dozens activists and organizers working for Democratic candidates in the 2020 elections have drafted a “roadmap to renewal” for the state party. A Memphis organizer talks about the roadmap on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. The recommendations come as the party prepares to elect a new statewide leader in January.

John Worley and Missy Marshall were certified as the winners of the Collierville runoff elections. 

Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes Monday, Dec. 14, for President Donald Trump, 

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander had commented during a Friday recording of NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he didn’t see the basis for the lawsuit.

U.S. Rep. David Kustoff of Germantown is among 106 Republican members of the House who signed an amicus brief Thursday, Dec. 10, in support of the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the outcome of the November presidential general election.

The lawsuit seeks to invalidate the 62 electoral votes in the four battleground states that would go to President-elect Joe Biden. 

After eight years as Alderwoman Position 6, Paula Sedgwick said her final goodbyes to the other members of the legislative body and Mayor Keith McDonald at Bartlett’s Board and Mayor of Aldermen meeting Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Turnout for the runoff election for two Collierville offices seemed slow Tuesday, according to candidates. The runoff is the town’s first in 17 years.

About 10% of registered voters in Collierville cast ballots early for Tuesday’s runoff election. However, voting turnout for a runoff tends to be significantly lower than that of a general election.

Sen. Lamar Alexander also said President Donald Trump has a record to be proud of during the interview on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. And he said he carried Memphis in his five statewide general election wins by campaigning everywhere in the county, not just the Republican suburbs.

The senator from Tennessee told colleagues on the Senate floor Wednesday that being a senator is like “joining the Grand Ole Opry and not being allowed to sing.”

Kevin Quinn, Bartlett’s newest alderman, was the only challenger to run against an incumbent on the legislative body in Bartlett this election cycle.

The two closest races on the Nov. 3 ballot got a bit closer but with nearly 80% of the votes cast during early voting, Election Day was a mere 14% of the countywide turnout. 

The Monday, Nov. 23 appeal to Trump is Alexander’s second in four days and came hours before the Trump administration signaled it will begin work on the transition with President-elect Joe Biden and his team.

The Shelby County Voter Alliance is working after its debut effort in the presidential general election cycle to hold the interest of voters through 2021.

The U.S. Senator from Tennessee says there’s a “good chance” Biden is the next president.

Collierville voters can cast their ballot in the town’s runoff as early as Wednesday. Alderman John Worley is facing challenger Harold Booker for Position 3. Missy Marshall and William Boone are facing off for Position 4.

A new Shelby County Election Commission report shows nearly 15,000 more voters on the rolls counytwide in the last two months leading up to the Nov. 3 Election Day. Meanwhile, the Shelby County Voter Alliance says its effort got 2,500 of those voters on the rolls. The alliance of 18 organizations has now set its sights on the 2022 countywide ballot.

The Shelby County Election Commission says its hand was forced by having to keep voting machines used in the November elections sealed until all results from that election are certified next week. Early voting in the two Collierville runoff elections starts Wednesday.

Mayor Mike Palazzolo has announced he will seek reelection in 2022. Palazzolo has served as mayor of Germantown since 2014.