Jeremy Burnett and Michelle Childs, who were appointed last year to the Lakeland Board of Education, are running unopposed in November.

Torrey Harris isn’t making his sexuality the focal point of his political campaign, but he would be Tennessee’s first openly LGBT legislator if he defeats veteran Rep. John DeBerry in the race for the House District 90 seat.

Democrat Gabby Salinas and Republican John Gillespie are getting feisty over an endorsement she received from the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, hinting at a lively race this fall for an open House seat.

FedEx and UPS PACs have favored the GOP in campaign donations to federal candidates in recent years, but the gap has narrowed this year.

While disappearing campaign signs may be underhanded and annoying, the practice – old as campaigns themselves – is not grounds for a story. It’s more part of running for office.

Germantown vote leaves unsuccessful candidate John Barzizza with $18,246 bill for legal fees associated with his challenge of the 2018 mayoral election.

Brian Curry and Scott Williams are both seeking Position 3 on Germantown's Board of Education. It is the only contested race on the suburban school board.

Amy Eoff is running unopposed for her second term on Germantown's Board of Education. Eoff serves in Position 5 and has spent the last two years as the board's vice-chair.

Related: Ryan Strain to run unopposed for Germantown Board of Education.

Ryan Strain will run unopposed for Position 1 on Germantown's Board of Education. Strain is a father of two Dogwood students and is a graduate of Germantown Schools.

Lawsuit challenged the Tennessee state law preventing first-time voters from using expanded eligibility for absentee voting during the pandemic.

The Germantown Republican says he thinks mail-in absentee voting could be manipulated and said recent changes in postal service began during the Obama administration.

The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast recaps some events from the past week and some of the recently certified election results are cause to go looking through some numbers from the historic 1991 city elections.

On "Behind The Headlines," the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate says she's raised 10 times more money since she won the August primary statewide. Bradshaw touts an alternative path back to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee for Democrats that relies on community organizers and their networks. 

Using FedExForum as a gigantic polling location for the November election would be like “shooting flies with cannon balls,” Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips said Friday, Aug. 28. 

Locked in prison for 22 years, former Memphis resident Alice Johnson extolled the “compassion” of President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention for granting her clemency.

In Lakeland, candidates for commissioner do not run for a specified board seat. Instead, the top two finishers of the three will win positions on the Board of Commissioners.

West qualified for the Tennessee presidential ballot this week with two members of the Ford family among those who signed from Memphis. The effort also included signatures from the Nashville and Clarksville areas.

A Davidson County chancellor ordered the Secretary of State’s Office to modify its absentee ballot application to reflect the changing position it argued before the Supreme Court in early August.

Dean Massey is not seeking Alderman Position 5. Massey pulled and filed for the seat last week but withdrew on Tuesday. 

The voter turnout totals certified Monday by the Shelby County Election Commission show a larger than normal number of provisional ballots. 

A list of candidates seeking office in November. Candidates have the opportunity to withdraw by Aug. 27 if they decide they do not want to run.

Germantown Alderman Rocky Janda announced Thursday morning will not seek reelection to the suburb’s Position 5 seat he has held the past eight years.

The Position 3 alderman pulled for Position 5 and is receiving signatures less than 24 hours before the deadline.

State Sen. Raumesh Akbari concentrated on women’s issues in her portion of the keynote address backing Joe Biden in a virtual Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, Aug. 18.

There are six people vying for the Alderman Position 4 seat. Additionally, the two incumbent aldermen seeking reelection have contestants.