County political parties eye red and blue school board elections
The Tennessee General Assembly began allowing local political parties to schedule school board primaries starting in 2022. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The move to primaries in what are now nonpartisan races began in response to book and curriculum topic bannings in Florida.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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Abigail Warren is a lifelong resident of Shelby County and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She has worked for several local publications and covers the suburbs for The Daily Memphian.
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